diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index a2114d4b..7cd79768 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -5016,12 +5016,33 @@ const ERROR_CODE_IGNORE = new Set([-3, -20]);
 //    -7  ERR_TIMED_OUT
 //    -21 ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED
 const ERROR_UNREACHABLE = new Set([-102, -101, -118, -100, -7, -21]);
+// Well-known ICANN TLDs where "DNS couldn't resolve" is the far likelier
+// story than "the user wanted a BCNR name on this TLD" — frames the error
+// as a reachability issue (retry, check DNS) rather than as a BCNR
+// register-this-name invitation.
+const COMMON_ICANN_TLDS = new Set([
+  "com", "net", "org", "edu", "gov", "mil", "int", "info", "biz", "name", "pro",
+  "io", "co", "me", "tv", "app", "dev", "ai", "cloud", "online", "site", "store",
+  "us", "uk", "de", "fr", "it", "es", "pl", "nl", "be", "ch", "at", "se", "no",
+  "fi", "dk", "ie", "pt", "gr", "cz", "ro", "hu", "ua", "ru", "by", "kz",
+  "jp", "cn", "tw", "hk", "kr", "sg", "my", "th", "vn", "in", "id", "ph",
+  "au", "nz", "br", "mx", "ar", "cl", "co", "pe", "ve", "ca", "za", "ng", "eg",
+  "il", "ae", "sa", "tr", "ir", "pk",
+]);
+function isLikelyIcannHost(host) {
+  const t = tldOf(host);
+  return !!t && COMMON_ICANN_TLDS.has(t);
+}
 function pickErrorKind(code, host) {
   if (code === -105) {
-    // Name didn't resolve. If the host is BCNR-eligible (has a real TLD),
-    // that also means BCNR had no record — otherwise resolveHost/loadBns
-    // would have served something. Treat as "not registered" to promote
-    // the register-on-Sirius action.
+    // Name didn't resolve. For well-known ICANN TLDs (.com/.net/.io/…),
+    // frame it as a DNS failure — leading with "register on BCNR" would
+    // confuse the user whose site is almost certainly a clearnet one and
+    // whose DNS is temporarily broken (hostile Wi-Fi AAAA mangling, etc.).
+    if (isLikelyIcannHost(host)) return "name-unreachable";
+    // Otherwise the host is a BCNR-eligible non-ICANN TLD (.bch, .x, …):
+    // BCNR had no record and no clearnet DNS answer either — treat as
+    // "not registered" to promote the register-on-Sirius action.
     return isBnsHost(host) ? "name-not-registered" : "name-unreachable";
   }
   if (ERROR_UNREACHABLE.has(code)) return "unreachable";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9fca27e..5794533b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "theseus-navigator",
-  "version": "0.3.116",
+  "version": "0.3.117",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "description": "Theseus Navigator — a browser that follows the thread. By Silent Mode, a Deviant project.",
   "author": "Silent Mode",