Which to use
“commanda” and “commandait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,751
- “commanda” frequency rank
- #27,738
- “commandait” frequency rank
- 60489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commanda | commandait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de commander. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de commander. |
Where the eye mixes commanda and commandait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between commanda and commandait
A purely visual mix-up. commanda (\kɔ.mɑ̃.da\) and commandait (\kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ\) 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) - “commanda” sits inside “commandait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commanda is recorded at frequency rank #32,751, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.da\. commandait is at rank #27,738, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ\.
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 60489, this pair ranks #97,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of commanda vs commandait
Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "commanda": -. Private to "commandait": it.
"commanda" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commandait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commanda ← ccommanda · cmomanda · comamnda · comanda · commadna · commanad · commandda · commannda
- commandait ← ccommandait · cmomandait · comamndait · comandait · commadnait · commanadit · commandaitt · commandati
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commanda" and "commandait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "commanda" or "commandait"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "commanda" and "commandait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commanda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commandait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commanda" and "commandait" 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 #97,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.