Which to use
“commande” is a noun and “commandeur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,166
- “commande” frequency rank
- #18,439
- “commandeur” frequency rank
- 20605
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commande | commandeur |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Qui commande. |
Where the eye mixes commande and commandeur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commande vs commandeur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: commande is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\ while commandeur is \kɔ.mɑ̃.dœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “commande” sits inside “commandeur”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20605, 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\. commandeur is at rank #18,439, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.dœʁ\.
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 20605, this pair ranks #367,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commande vs commandeur
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commande": -. Private to "commandeur": ru.
"commande" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commandeur" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commande ← ccommande · cmomande · comamnde · comande · commadne · commandde · commaned · commannde
- commandeur ← ccommandeur · cmomandeur · comamndeur · comandeur · commadneur · commanddeur · commanderu · commandeurr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commande" and "commandeur" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "commande" or "commandeur" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commande" and "commandeur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commandeur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commande" and "commandeur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandent vs commandeur". 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 #367,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.