commandavscommandezWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“commanda” and “commandez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,751
“commanda” frequency rank
#22,803
“commandez” frequency rank
55554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commanda commandez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de commander. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander.

Where the eye mixes commanda and commandez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
commanda
9 ch
commandez

Visual trap between commanda and commandez

A purely visual mix-up. commanda (\kɔ.mɑ̃.da\) and commandez (\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 55554, 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\. commandez is at rank #22,803, 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 55554, this pair ranks #126,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of commanda vs commandez

Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "commanda": -. Private to "commandez": ez.

"commanda" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "commandez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commandaccommanda · cmomanda · comamnda · comanda · commadna · commanad · commandda · commannda
  • commandezccommandez · cmomandez · comamndez · comandez · commadnez · commanddez · commandezz · commandze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "commanda" and "commandez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.mɑ̃.da\ versus \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "commanda" vs "commandez" - which ranks higher?
"commandez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,803 in our French list, against #32,751 for "commanda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "commanda" and "commandez" 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 "commandez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commanda" and "commandez" 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 #126,736 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list