Which to use
“commande” is a noun and “commandez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,166
- “commande” frequency rank
- #22,803
- “commandez” frequency rank
- 24969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commande | commandez |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander. |
Where the eye mixes commande and commandez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between commande and commandez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: commande is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\ while commandez is \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “commande” sits inside “commandez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24969, 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\. 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 24969, this pair ranks #343,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commande vs commandez
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commande": -. Private to "commandez": z.
"commande" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commandez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commande" for "commandez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "commande" vs "commandez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commande" and "commandez" 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 "commandez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commande" and "commandez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "command vs commandez". 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 #343,528 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.