command

\kɔ.mɑ̃\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“command” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,471
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte par lequel une personne, lors d’une vente amiable ou adjudicataire se substitue à l’acquéreur ou à l’adjudicataire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-command · command · French

command · rank #34,471 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,471
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH colérique

Nearest frequency peer: colérique (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « command »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « command » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

command vs commun
71% similar
command vs common
71% similar
command vs comment
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for command
PropertyValue
Headwordcommand
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,471
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « command »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).commandse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « colérique » (#34,470), « comparatifs » (#34,472), « coe » (#34,469). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « command » est au #34,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around command (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,471 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acte par lequel une personne, lors d’une vente amiable ou adjudicataire se substitue à l’acquéreur ou à l’adjudicataire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for command, with forms such as "ccommand", "cmomand", and "comamnd". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "commun", "common", "comment", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is command, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acte par lequel une personne, lors d’une vente amiable ou adjudicataire se substitue à l’acquéreur ou à l’adjudicataire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how command appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Gaubertin crut à quelque trahison de Soudry, comme Lupin et Soudry se crurent joués par Gaubertin ; mais la déclaration de command les réconcilia.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommand
  • cmomand
  • comamnd
  • comand
  • commadn
  • commandd
  • commannd
  • commnad
  • ocmmand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of command - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccommand1cmomand2comamnd2comand1commadn2commandd1commannd1commnad2
Edit distance from "command"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "command"?
"command" is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃\.
What does "command" mean?
As a noun, "command" means: Acte par lequel une personne, lors d’une vente amiable ou adjudicataire se substitue à l’acquéreur ou à l’adjudicataire.
What words are commonly confused with "command"?
"command" is commonly confused with "commun", "common", "comment". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "command"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "command" is \kɔ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "command" come from?
"command" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "command", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list