Which to use
“commande” is a noun and “commandent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,166
- “commande” frequency rank
- #30,530
- “commandent” frequency rank
- 32696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commande | commandent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ordre donné à un fabricant, à un ouvrier, à un artiste de faire un certain ouvrage, ou à un marchand de faire une certaine livraison. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander. |
Same sound, different letters: commande vs commandent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: commande vs commandent
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: commande and commandent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “commande” sits inside “commandent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commande is recorded at frequency rank #2,166, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. 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 32696, this pair ranks #295,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commande vs commandent
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commande": -. Private to "commandent": t.
"commande" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commandent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commande ← ccommande · cmomande · comamnde · comande · commadne · commandde · commaned · commannde
- commandent ← ccommandent · cmomandent · comamndent · comandent · commadnent · commanddent · commandennt · commandentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commande" for "commandent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "commande" vs "commandent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "commande" 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 #295,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commande" and "commandent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandent vs commentent". 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 #295,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.