Which to use
“commander” and “commanders” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,935
- “commander” frequency rank
- #10,516
- “commanders” frequency rank
- 13451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commander | commanders |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization. | plural of commander |
Where the eye mixes commander and commanders
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commander vs commanders
A purely visual mix-up. commander (/kəˈmændɚ/) and commanders (/kəˈmændɚz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “commander” sits inside “commanders”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commander is recorded at frequency rank #2,935, classified as anoun, pronounced /kəˈmændɚ/. commanders is at rank #10,516, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kəˈmændɚz/.
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 13451, this pair ranks #475,723 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commander vs commanders
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "commander": -. Private to "commanders": s.
"commander" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commanders" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commander ← ccommander · cmomander · comamnder · comander · commadner · commandder · commanderr · commandre
- commanders ← ccommanders · cmomanders · comamnders · comanders · commadners · commandders · commanderrs · commanderss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commander" and "commanders" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "commander" vs "commanders" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "commander" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commanders" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,723 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commander" and "commanders" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commander vs commoner". 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 #475,723 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.