commenter

\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“commenter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,167
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interpréter par un commentaire, par des commentaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commenter · commenter · French

commenter · rank #7,167 · 12 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,167
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comble

Nearest frequency peer: comble (-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 « commenter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commenter » 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).

commenter vs contenter
78% similar
commenter vs compenser
78% similar
commenter vs commentés
78% similar

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

Key facts for commenter
PropertyValue
Headwordcommenter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,167
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commenter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.commenterse 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 « comble » (#7,166), « cloud » (#7,165), « coupables » (#7,169). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commenter » est au #7,167. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around commenter (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,167 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for commenter, with forms such as "ccommenter", "cmomenter", and "comemnter". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "contenter", "compenser", "commentés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is commenter, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interpréter par un commentaire, par des commentaires.
  2. 2
    Ajouter malignement à la vérité de la chose.
  3. 3
    Désactiver temporairement une partie d’un code source en la transformant en commentaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — C'est ici qu'intervient le « Sturm-Lokal », la brasserie qui sert d'annexe à chaque « Sturm-Kaserne ». On s'y réunit le soir pour commenter le Coran brun en buvant des chopes.
  2. Le pire dans tout ça c'est que Coco a posté la vidéo sur le net, la garce, pleins de gens l’ont vue et commentée, il n'y avait que des « lol, mdr, xptdr, lmao... ».

Antonyms

décommenter

This word in other languages

comment(English)comentar(Español)kommentieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommenter
  • cmomenter
  • comemnter
  • comenter
  • commenetr
  • commennter
  • commenterr
  • commentre
  • commentter
  • commetner
  • commneter
  • ocmmenter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commenter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccommenter1cmomenter2comemnter2comenter1commenetr2commennter1commenterr1commentre2
Edit distance from "commenter"

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 "commenter"?
"commenter" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\.
What does "commenter" mean?
As a verb, "commenter" means: Interpréter par un commentaire, par des commentaires.
What words are commonly confused with "commenter"?
"commenter" is commonly confused with "contenter", "compenser", "commentés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commenter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commenter" is \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commenter" come from?
"commenter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

coupables#7,169cherchait#7,162bénévoles#7,159dominante#7,175

Similar misspelling depth

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

croyance12 variantsautorisée12 variantsgénocide12 variantsaluminium12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list