commandant
/ˈkɒməndænt/
"commandant" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“commandant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,164
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
Corpus desk
Index EN-commandant · commandant · English
commandant · rank #21,164 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,164
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH coincidentally
Nearest frequency peer: coincidentally (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “commandant”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cinematogra…
cinematography
78,841 corpus weight
- cleans
cleans
78,840 corpus weight
- coincidenta…
coincidentally
78,839 corpus weight
- commandant
commandant
78,837 corpus weight
- conducive
conducive
78,835 corpus weight
- confines
confines
78,834 corpus weight
What this shows “commandant” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commandant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒməndænt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #21,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “commandant”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around commandant (IPA /ˈkɒməndænt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,164 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for commandant, with forms such as "ccommandant", "cmomandant", and "comamndant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "commanding", "commandment", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic … The correct English form is commandant, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
- 2A military rank equivalent to major used in some countries, especially when derived from French usage.
- 3lieutenant-colonel
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comander Middle French commander French commanderder. French commandant English commandant From French commandant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccommandant
- cmomandant
- comamndant
- comandant
- commadnant
- commanadnt
- commandannt
- commandantt
- commandatn
- commanddant
- commandnat
- commanndant
- commnadant
- ocmmandant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commandant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).