# commend

> English word · Verb · IPA /kəˈmɛnd/ · frequency rank #20,887

## Definitions
1. To congratulate or reward.
2. To praise or acclaim.
3. To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
4. To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from
5. To recommend.
6. To adorn; to set off.

## Etymology
From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.

## Easily confused with
- **common** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-common)
- **comment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-comment)
- **commons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-commons)
- **contend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-contend)
- **commune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-commune)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-comming)
- **comments** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-comments)
- **commented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commend-vs-commented)
- **combed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combed-vs-commend)
- **command** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/command-vs-commend)
- **commands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commands-vs-commend)
- **commence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commence-vs-commend)
- **commando** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commando-vs-commend)
- **commenced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commenced-vs-commend)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccommend`, `cmomend`, `comemnd`, `comend`, `commedn`, `commendd`, `commennd`, `commned`, `ocmmend`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/commend