commande

\kɔ.mɑ̃d\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“commande” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,166
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordre donné à un fabricant, à un ouvrier, à un artiste de faire un certain ouvrage, ou à un marchand de faire une certaine livraison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commande · commande · French

commande · rank #2,166 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,166
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaleur

Nearest frequency peer: chaleur (-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 « commande »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commande » 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).

commande vs commune
75% similar
commande vs commode
75% similar
commande vs commencé
63% similar

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

Key facts for commande
PropertyValue
Headwordcommande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃d\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,166
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commande »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.commandese 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 « chaleur » (#2,165), « commentaire » (#2,167), « Brésil » (#2,164). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commande » est au #2,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around commande (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,166 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for commande, with forms such as "ccommande", "cmomande", and "comamnde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "commune", "commode", "commencé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commande, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ordre donné à un fabricant, à un ouvrier, à un artiste de faire un certain ouvrage, ou à un marchand de faire une certaine livraison.
  2. 2
    Corde servant à fixer un filet, un balai, une manœuvre, etc.
  3. 3
    Mécanisme d’entraînement.
  4. 4
    Mot ou phrase à la syntaxe bien particulière entré dans un éditeur de ligne de commande et donnant l’ordre d’une action à exécuter un ordinateur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À la caisse, le patron qui comptait sa recette, s’informa de notre commande, abandonna ses sous pour nous servir.
  2. Il se croyait calme, marchait à grands pas, s’efforçait de penser aux commandes de matériaux qu’il devait passer à Stanleyville s’il voulait changer le toit de l’infirmerie.

Synonyms

commande informatique

This word in other languages

order(English)pedido(Español)Auftrag(Deutsch)encomenda(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommande
  • cmomande
  • comamnde
  • comande
  • commadne
  • commandde
  • commaned
  • commannde
  • commnade
  • ocmmande

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commande - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccommande1cmomande2comamnde2comande1commadne2commandde1commaned2commannde1
Edit distance from "commande"

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 "commande"?
"commande" is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\.
What does "commande" mean?
As a noun, "commande" means: Ordre donné à un fabricant, à un ouvrier, à un artiste de faire un certain ouvrage, ou à un marchand de faire une certaine livraison.
What words are commonly confused with "commande"?
"commande" is commonly confused with "commune", "commode", "commencé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commande" is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commande" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conduite#2,169discuter#2,171académie#2,160écriture#2,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chaleur10 variantsBrésil10 variantsétoiles10 variantsépreuve10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list