Which to use
“Kommandos” is a noun and “kommendes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,407
- “Kommandos” frequency rank
- #41,285
- “kommendes” frequency rank
- 65692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kommandos | kommendes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kommando | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kommend |
Where the eye mixes Kommandos and kommendes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Kommandos and kommendes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Kommandos with kommendes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Kommandos is [kɔˈmandos] while kommendes is [ˈkɔməndəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kommandos is recorded at frequency rank #24,407, classified as anoun, pronounced [kɔˈmandos]. kommendes is at rank #41,285, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkɔməndəs].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 65692, this pair ranks #598,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Kommandos vs kommendes
Shared letters: dkmnos. Private to "Kommandos": a. Private to "kommendes": e.
"Kommandos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "kommendes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Kommandos" for "kommendes" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Kommandos" or "kommendes" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kommandos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kommendes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #598,289 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kommandos" and "kommendes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kommender vs kommendes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #598,289 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.