Which to use
“commanders” and “commands” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,516
- “commanders” frequency rank
- #7,544
- “commands” frequency rank
- 18060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commanders | commands |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of commander | plural of command |
Where the eye mixes commanders and commands
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses commanders with commands
A purely visual mix-up. commanders (/kəˈmændɚz/) and commands (/kəˈmændz/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commanders is recorded at frequency rank #10,516, classified as anoun, pronounced /kəˈmændɚz/. commands is at rank #7,544, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kəˈmændz/.
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 18060, this pair ranks #447,375 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commanders vs commands
Shared letters: acdmnos. Private to "commanders": er. Private to "commands": -.
"commanders" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "commands" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commanders ← ccommanders · cmomanders · comamnders · comanders · commadners · commandders · commanderrs · commanderss
- commands ← ccommands · cmomands · comamnds · comands · commadns · commandds · commandss · commannds
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commanders" for "commands" ever safe?
Frequency check: "commanders" vs "commands" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commanders" and "commands" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commanders" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commands" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #447,375 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commanders" and "commands" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commands vs commend". 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 #447,375 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.