Which to use
“command” and “commandos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,471
- “command” frequency rank
- #25,937
- “commandos” frequency rank
- 60408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | command | commandos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte par lequel une personne, lors d’une vente amiable ou adjudicataire se substitue à l’acquéreur ou à l’adjudicataire. | Pluriel de commando. |
Where the eye mixes command and commandos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: command vs commandos
A purely visual mix-up. command (\kɔ.mɑ̃\) and commandos (\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “command” sits inside “commandos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60408, 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\. commandos is at rank #25,937, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\.
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 60408, this pair ranks #97,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of command vs commandos
Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "command": -. Private to "commandos": s.
"command" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "commandos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "command" for "commandos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "command" or "commandos"?
What to do next
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 "commandos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "command" and "commandos" 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 #97,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.