command
com·mand/kəˈmænd/noun, verb
command is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D, 2 syllables: com·mand. The wrong spelling people search most is comand: about 280 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 23 of all searches for the word. Command is a noun meaning “An order to do something”. The plural of command is commands.
How many letters and syllables are in command?
| Letters | 7: C-O-M-M-A-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: com·mand |
| In writing | 50 times per million words; the 2,041st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, comand, about 280 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell command?
Command is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 23 of the searches for command in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is command?
Command appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce command?
- UK /kəˈmɑːnd/
- US /kəˈmænd/
- /kəˈmand/
Command has 2 syllables, split com·mand in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-command.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with command?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as command from its last stressed vowel (/ænd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of command
- commands plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- commanding participle, present
- commanded participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does command mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An order to do something.
I was given a command to cease shooting.
- 2
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
to have command of an army
- 3
power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
he had command of the situation
- 4
A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
General Smith was placed in command.
- 5
The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
- 6
A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- 7
Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- 8
A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
verb
- 1
To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
The soldier was commanded to cease firing.
- 2
To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
to command an army or a ship
- 3
To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
he commanded silence
- 4
to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)
- 5
To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.
- 6
To hold, to control the use of.
The fort commanded the bay.
- 7
archaicTo have a view (of), as from a superior position.
- 8
obsoleteTo direct to come; to bestow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate command?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of command: cmd, com, comd.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Command in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | commandement, ordre , maîtrise , commande , commander, ordonner |
| German | Befehl, Kommando , Beherrschung, Meisterschaft , befehlen, kommandieren |
| Portuguese | comando, ordem , domínio , mandar, ordenar , comandar |
| Spanish | comandamiento, mandado , ordenar, mandar , mando, comando |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does command come from?
From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).