Which to use
“commanda” is a verb and “commandée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,751
- “commanda” frequency rank
- #13,994
- “commandée” frequency rank
- 46745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commanda | commandée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de commander. | Féminin singulier de commandé. |
Where the eye mixes commanda and commandée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commanda vs commandée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: commanda is \kɔ.mɑ̃.da\ while commandée is \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46745, 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\. 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 46745, this pair ranks #192,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commanda vs commandée
Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "commanda": -. Private to "commandée": eé.
"commanda" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commandée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commanda ← ccommanda · cmomanda · comamnda · comanda · commadna · commanad · commandda · commannda
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commanda" for "commandée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "commanda" or "commandée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "commanda" and "commandée" 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 "commandée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commanda" 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 #192,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.