commandants

\kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“commandants” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,267
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de commandant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commandants · commandants · French

commandants · rank #21,267 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,267
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH collusion

Nearest frequency peer: collusion (-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 « commandants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commandants » 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).

commandants vs commandent
82% similar
commandants vs commandant
91% similar
commandants vs commandait
82% similar

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

Key facts for commandants
PropertyValue
Headwordcommandants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#21,267
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commandants »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.commandantsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « collusion » (#21,266), « comptons » (#21,268), « collecteur » (#21,265). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commandants » est au #21,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around commandants (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,267 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de commandant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for commandants, with forms such as "ccommandants", "cmomandants", and "comamndants". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "commandent", "commandant", "commandait", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commandants, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de commandant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommandants
  • cmomandants
  • comamndants
  • comandants
  • commadnants
  • commanadnts
  • commandannts
  • commandanst
  • commandantss
  • commandantts
  • commandatns
  • commanddants
  • commandnats
  • commanndants
  • commnadants
  • ocmmandants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commandants - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccommandants1cmomandants2comamndants2comandants1commadnants2commanadnts2commandannts1commandanst2
Edit distance from "commandants"

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 "commandants"?
"commandants" is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃\.
What does "commandants" mean?
As an adjective, "commandants" means: Masculin pluriel de commandant.
What words are commonly confused with "commandants"?
"commandants" is commonly confused with "commandent", "commandant", "commandait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commandants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commandants" is \kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commandants" come from?
"commandants" 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 "commandants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list