Which to use
“command” is a noun and “commandée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,471
- “command” frequency rank
- #13,994
- “commandée” frequency rank
- 48465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | command | commandée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte par lequel une personne, lors d’une vente amiable ou adjudicataire se substitue à l’acquéreur ou à l’adjudicataire. | Féminin singulier de commandé. |
Where the eye mixes command and commandée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between command and commandée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: command is \kɔ.mɑ̃\ while commandée is \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “command” sits inside “commandée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
command is recorded at frequency rank #34,471, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃\. commandée is at rank #13,994, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48465, this pair ranks #178,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of command vs commandée
Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "command": -. Private to "commandée": eé.
"command" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "commandée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- command ← ccommand · cmomand · comamnd · comand · commadn · commandd · commannd · commnad
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "command" and "commandée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "command" or "commandée"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "command" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commandée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "command" and "commandée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "command vs commanda". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #178,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.