Which to use
“command” and “company” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,471
- “command” frequency rank
- #11,735
- “company” frequency rank
- 46206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | command | company |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acte par lequel une personne, lors d’une vente amiable ou adjudicataire se substitue à l’acquéreur ou à l’adjudicataire. | Société (4: commerciale, industrielle, financière), firme, entreprise. |
Where the eye mixes command and company
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between command and company
A purely visual mix-up. command (\kɔ.mɑ̃\) and company (\ˈkʌm.pə.ni\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46206, 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\. company is at rank #11,735, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈkʌm.pə.ni\.
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 46206, this pair ranks #196,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of command vs company
Shared letters: acmno. Private to "command": d. Private to "company": py.
"command" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "company" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "command" and "company" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "command" vs "company" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "company" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "command" and "company" 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 #196,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.