commandement

\kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“commandement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,134
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordre que donne celui qui a pouvoir de commander.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commandement · commandement · French

commandement · rank #4,134 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,134
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaise

Nearest frequency peer: chaise (-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 « commandement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commandement » 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).

commandement vs commandent
83% similar
commandement vs communément
75% similar
commandement vs commencement
83% similar

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

Key facts for commandement
PropertyValue
Headwordcommandement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#4,134
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commandement »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chaise » (#4,133), « concerts » (#4,135), « conducteur » (#4,136). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commandement » est au #4,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around commandement (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,134 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for commandement, with forms such as "ccommandement", "cmomandement", and "comamndement". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "commandent", "communément", "commencement", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists 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 commandement, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ordre que donne celui qui a pouvoir de commander.
  2. 2
    Tout ordre bref qu’on donne à haute voix pour faire exécuter certains mouvements, certaines manœuvres.
  3. 3
    L’autorité qui octroie le pouvoir de commander, qui permet de transmettre des ordres à autrui.
  4. 4
    L’entité ou la personne détentrice de cette autorité.
  5. 5
    Exploit fait par un huissier, en vertu d’un jugement ou d’un titre exécutoire par lequel il commande, au nom de la loi et de la justice, de payer, de vider les lieux, etc.
  6. 6
    Loi ou précepte religieux.
  7. 7
    Action de commander, manière de commander.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Commandement verbal.
  2. Commandement par écrit.

This word in other languages

command(English)mando(Español)Befehl(Deutsch)mandamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommandement
  • cmomandement
  • comamndement
  • comandement
  • commadnement
  • commanddement
  • commandeemnt
  • commandemennt
  • commandementt
  • commandemetn
  • commandemment
  • commandemnet
  • commandmeent
  • commanedment
  • commanndement
  • commnadement
  • ocmmandement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccommandement1cmomandement2comamndement2comandement1commadnement2commanddement1commandeemnt2commandemennt1
Edit distance from "commandement"

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 "commandement"?
"commandement" is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃\.
What does "commandement" mean?
As a noun, "commandement" means: Ordre que donne celui qui a pouvoir de commander.
What words are commonly confused with "commandement"?
"commandement" is commonly confused with "commandent", "communément", "commencement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commandement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commandement" is \kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commandement" come from?
"commandement" 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 "commandement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Britanniques#4,130conservation#4,138possibilités#4,176législatives#4,081

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

emplacement17 variantsfrancophone17 variantsvisiblement17 variantscorrectement17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list