commandent

\kɔ.mɑ̃d\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃d\/ verb

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The verdict

“commandent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,530
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commandent · commandent · French

commandent · rank #30,530 · 14 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,530
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cohérents

Nearest frequency peer: cohérents (-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 « commandent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commandent » 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).

commandent vs commandes
80% similar
commandent vs commander
80% similar
commandent vs commandez
80% similar

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

Key facts for commandent
PropertyValue
Headwordcommandent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃d\
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,530
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commandent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).commandentse 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 « cohérents » (#30,529), « commenceront » (#30,531), « clignotant » (#30,528). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commandent » est au #30,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around commandent (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃d\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,530 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for commandent, with forms such as "ccommandent", "cmomandent", and "comamndent". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "commandes", "commander", "commandez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is commandent, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de commander.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et, dans le même temps, tout en lâchant de l’épisse dans les ardoirs, je crois bien faire en dralant ma grande fourgale pour amincir les étalingures qui commandent la mollisseuse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommandent
  • cmomandent
  • comamndent
  • comandent
  • commadnent
  • commanddent
  • commandennt
  • commandentt
  • commandetn
  • commandnet
  • commanednt
  • commanndent
  • commnadent
  • ocmmandent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccommandent1cmomandent2comamndent2comandent1commadnent2commanddent1commandennt1commandentt1
Edit distance from "commandent"

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 "commandent"?
"commandent" is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\.
What does "commandent" mean?
As a verb, "commandent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander.
What words are commonly confused with "commandent"?
"commandent" is commonly confused with "commandes", "commander", "commandez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commandent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commandent" is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commandent" come from?
"commandent" 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 "commandent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

clignotant#30,528confusions#30,535conseillée#30,536consommant#30,537

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

contracte14 variantscentièmes14 variantscréatives14 variantsbâtisseurs14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list