Which to use
“commande” and “commandos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,166
- “commande” frequency rank
- #25,937
- “commandos” frequency rank
- 28103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commande | commandos |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pluriel de commando. |
Where the eye mixes commande and commandos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commande vs commandos
A purely visual mix-up. commande (\kɔ.mɑ̃d\) and commandos (\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\) 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 28103, 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\. commandos is at rank #25,937, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\.
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 28103, this pair ranks #324,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commande vs commandos
Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "commande": e. Private to "commandos": s.
"commande" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commandos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commande" and "commandos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "commande" or "commandos"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "commande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commandos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commande" and "commandos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "command vs commandos". 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 #324,902 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.