commando
\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\
The verdict
“commando” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,637 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,637
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité spéciale entraînée pour exécuter des missions dangereuses sur des objectifs déterminés.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commando |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “commando” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for commando is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,637 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for commando, with forms such as "ccommando", "cmomando", and "comamndo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "commandos", "command", "commande", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is commando, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Unité spéciale entraînée pour exécuter des missions dangereuses sur des objectifs déterminés.
- 2Groupe de combat employé pour les opérations rapides, isolées ou spéciales.
- 3Soldat de ces forces spéciales.
- 4Groupe militant menant une action musclée.
- 5Attaque rapide et coordonnée.
- 6Groupe de combattants volontaires durant les guerres des Boers
- 7Compagnie de travail formée de prisonniers de guerre au sein d’un stalag pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccommando,cmomando,comamndo,comando,commadno,commanddo,commanndo,commanod,commnado,ocmmando
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commando - 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.
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.
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Using “commando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “commandos” - see the side-by-side comparison. commando vs commandos
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.