comandavscomandosTell them apart

Quick tell: comanda is a verb, comandos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comanda” is a verb and “comandos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,657
“comanda” frequency rank
#13,642
“comandos” frequency rank
61299
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comanda comandos
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de comandar. Forma del plural de comando.

Where the eye mixes comanda and comandos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
comanda
8 ch
comandos

Visual trap between comanda and comandos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comanda is [koˈmãn̪d̪a] while comandos is [koˈmãn̪d̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61299, 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]. comandos is at rank #13,642, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈmãn̪d̪os].

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 61299, this pair ranks #55,945 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comanda vs comandos

Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "comanda": -. Private to "comandos": s.

"comanda" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "comandos" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comandaccomanda · cmoanda · coamnda · comadna · comanad · comandda · comannda · commanda
  • comandosccomandos · cmoandos · coamndos · comadnos · comanddos · comandoss · comandso · comanndos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comanda" and "comandos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comanda" is a verb and "comandos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "comanda" or "comandos"?
"comandos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,642 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comanda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comandos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,945 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comanda" and "comandos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comanda vs comandado". 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 #55,945 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