commencée

\kɔ.mɑ̃.se\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.se\/ verb

The verdict

“commencée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,332. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,332
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de commencer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commencee · commencée · French

commencée · rank #15,332 · 12 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,332
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH complétée

Nearest frequency peer: complétée (+2 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 « commencée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commencée » 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).

commencée vs commerce
78% similar
commencée vs commente
78% similar
commencée vs commencer
78% similar

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

Key facts for commencée
PropertyValue
Headwordcommencée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,332
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commencée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).commencéese 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 « complétée » (#15,334), « clowns » (#15,329), « chorale » (#15,328). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commencée » est au #15,332. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around commencée (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,332 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de commencer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for commencée, with forms such as "ccommencée", "cmomencée", and "comemncée". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "commerce", "commente", "commencer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is commencée, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-C-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de commencer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une anecdote locale plutôt symbolique raconte que le coq du clocher de l’église de Saint-Vincent, dont la construction fut commencée en 1934, aurait disparu dans de bien mystérieuses circonstances, qu’on attribue à l’archevêque O’Leary.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommencée
  • cmomencée
  • comemncée
  • comencée
  • commecnée
  • commenccée
  • commencee
  • commenceé
  • commenncée
  • commenéce
  • commnecée
  • ocmmencée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commencée - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccommencée1cmomencée2comemncée2comencée1commecnée2commenccée1commencee1commenceé2
Edit distance from "commencée"

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 "commencée"?
"commencée" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-C-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\.
What does "commencée" mean?
As a verb, "commencée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de commencer.
What words are commonly confused with "commencée"?
"commencée" is commonly confused with "commerce", "commente", "commencer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commencée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commencée" is \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commencée" come from?
"commencée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "commencée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list