Which to use
“commanda” and “commander” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,751
- “commanda” frequency rank
- #4,923
- “commander” frequency rank
- 37674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commanda | commander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de commander. | Diriger, mener. |
Where the eye mixes commanda and commander
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commanda vs commander
A purely visual mix-up. commanda (\kɔ.mɑ̃.da\) and commander (\kɔ.mɑ̃.de\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37674, 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\. commander is at rank #4,923, tagged as averb, 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 37674, this pair ranks #260,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commanda vs commander
Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "commanda": -. Private to "commander": er.
"commanda" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commander" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commanda" and "commander" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "commanda" or "commander" show up more?
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 "commanda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commander" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commanda" and "commander" 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 #260,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.