comandavscomandadoConfusable pair

Which to use

“comanda” and “comandado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,657
“comanda” frequency rank
#47,009
“comandado” frequency rank
94666
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comanda comandado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comandar. Participio de comandar.

Where the eye mixes comanda and comandado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
comanda
9 ch
comandado

Look-alike desk: comanda vs comandado

A purely visual mix-up. comanda ([koˈmãn̪d̪a]) and comandado ([komãn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) 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 extra letter(s) - “comanda” sits inside “comandado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comanda is recorded at frequency rank #47,657, classified as averb, pronounced [koˈmãn̪d̪a]. comandado is at rank #47,009, tagged as averb, pronounced [komãn̪ˈd̪að̞o].

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 94666, this pair ranks #749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comanda vs comandado

Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "comanda": -. Private to "comandado": -.

"comanda" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "comandado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comandaccomanda · cmoanda · coamnda · comadna · comanad · comandda · comannda · commanda
  • comandadoccomandado · cmoandado · coamndado · comadnado · comanaddo · comandaddo · comandaod · comanddado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comanda" for "comandado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koˈmãn̪d̪a] versus [komãn̪ˈd̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comanda" or "comandado"?
"comandado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #47,009 in our Spanish list, against #47,657 for "comanda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "comanda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comandado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comanda" and "comandado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comanda vs Cumaná". 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 #749 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list