commando

\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\/ noun

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The verdict

“commando” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,637
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité spéciale entraînée pour exécuter des missions dangereuses sur des objectifs déterminés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commando · commando · French

commando · rank #14,637 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,637
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coffres

Nearest frequency peer: coffres (-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 « commando »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commando » 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).

commando vs commandos
89% similar
commando vs command
88% similar
commando vs commande
88% similar

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

Key facts for commando
PropertyValue
Headwordcommando
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,637
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commando »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coffres » (#14,636), « comparant » (#14,638), « Claudio » (#14,635). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commando » est au #14,637. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around commando (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,637 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Unité spéciale entraînée pour exécuter des missions dangereuses sur des objectifs déterminés.
  2. 2
    Groupe de combat employé pour les opérations rapides, isolées ou spéciales.
  3. 3
    Soldat de ces forces spéciales.
  4. 4
    Groupe militant menant une action musclée.
  5. 5
    Attaque rapide et coordonnée.
  6. 6
    Groupe de combattants volontaires durant les guerres des Boers
  7. 7
    Compagnie de travail formée de prisonniers de guerre au sein d’un stalag pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les commandos marine ont été créés durant la dernière guerre mondiale en Grande-Bretagne, sur le modèle des Royal Marines Commandos ou forces spéciales de la Royal Navy à partir d’éléments des fusiliers marins français regroupés au Royaume-Uni.
  2. Commando de parachutistes, de terroristes.

This word in other languages

commando(English)Kommando(Deutsch)

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.

ccommando1cmomando2comamndo2comando1commadno2commanddo1commanndo1commanod2
Edit distance from "commando"

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 "commando"?
"commando" is spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\.
What does "commando" mean?
As a noun, "commando" means: Unité spéciale entraînée pour exécuter des missions dangereuses sur des objectifs déterminés.
What words are commonly confused with "commando"?
"commando" is commonly confused with "commandos", "command", "commande". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commando"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commando" is \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commando" come from?
"commando" 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 "commando", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Chambéry#14,628cassette#14,626croisent#14,652déchirer#14,661

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list