Which to use
“commandait” and “commandent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,738
- “commandait” frequency rank
- #30,530
- “commandent” frequency rank
- 58268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commandait | commandent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de commander. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander. |
Where the eye mixes commandait and commandent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between commandait and commandent
A purely visual mix-up. commandait (\kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ\) and commandent (\kɔ.mɑ̃d\) 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 58268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commandait is recorded at frequency rank #27,738, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ\. commandent is at rank #30,530, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃d\.
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 58268, this pair ranks #110,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of commandait vs commandent
Shared letters: acdmnot. Private to "commandait": i. Private to "commandent": e.
"commandait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "commandent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commandait ← ccommandait · cmomandait · comamndait · comandait · commadnait · commanadit · commandaitt · commandati
- commandent ← ccommandent · cmomandent · comamndent · comandent · commadnent · commanddent · commandennt · commandentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commandait" for "commandent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "commandait" or "commandent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commandait" and "commandent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commandait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commandent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commandait" and "commandent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandait vs commandite". 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 #110,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.