commencent

\kɔ.mɑ̃s\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃s\/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“commencent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,128
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-commencent · commencent · French

commencent · rank #3,128 · 14 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,128
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH combattre

Nearest frequency peer: combattre (-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 « commencent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commencent » 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).

commencent vs commencer
80% similar
commencent vs commencez
80% similar
commencent vs commences
80% similar

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

Key facts for commencent
PropertyValue
Headwordcommencent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,128
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commencent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.commencentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « combattre » (#3,127), « Christophe » (#3,126), « couvert » (#3,130). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commencent » est au #3,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around commencent (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃s\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,128 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 commencent, with forms such as "ccommencent", "cmomencent", and "comemncent". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "commencer", "commencez", "commences", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commencent, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-C-E-N-T.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Certains spectateurs commencent déjà à s’en aller alors que le chant socialiste « rockisé » par Cui Jian Nanniwan clôt le spectacle.
  2. S’il est vrai qu’ils aiment tellement la liberté, qu’ils commencent par se libérer eux-mêmes, en se désenfargeant de la multitude de clauses et clausules inutiles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommencent
  • cmomencent
  • comemncent
  • comencent
  • commecnent
  • commenccent
  • commencennt
  • commencentt
  • commencetn
  • commencnet
  • commenecnt
  • commenncent
  • commnecent
  • ocmmencent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commencent - 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.

ccommencent1cmomencent2comemncent2comencent1commecnent2commenccent1commencennt1commencentt1
Edit distance from "commencent"

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 "commencent"?
"commencent" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-C-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃s\.
What does "commencent" mean?
As a verb, "commencent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commencer.
What words are commonly confused with "commencent"?
"commencent" is commonly confused with "commencer", "commencez", "commences". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commencent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commencent" is \kɔ.mɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commencent" come from?
"commencent" 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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Christophe#3,126culturelle#3,132difficiles#3,133accompagné#3,119

Similar misspelling depth

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

montagnes14 variantslogements14 variantsdemandent14 variantsterritoires14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list