commando

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,637

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

commando is aFrenchnoun. It means: Unité spéciale entraînée pour exécuter des missions dangereuses sur des objectifs déterminés. Pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\. Often confused with commandos and command.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of commando in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for commando is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for commando, with forms such as "ccommando", "cmomando", and "comamndo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is commando, spelled C-O-M-M-A-N-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccommando,cmomando,comamndo,comando,commadno,commanddo,commanndo,commanod,commnado,ocmmando

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for commando

Misspelling Variants of "commando"

ccommando9cmomando8comamndo8comando7commadno8commanddo9commanndo9commanod8
Misspelling Variants of "commando"

Frequency rank: #14,637 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.