Which to use
“commandée” is an adjective and “commander” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,994
- “commandée” frequency rank
- #4,923
- “commander” frequency rank
- 18917
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commandée | commander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de commandé. | Diriger, mener. |
Same sound, different letters: commandée vs commander
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - commandée and commander
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: commandée and commander carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commandée is recorded at frequency rank #13,994, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. commander is at rank #4,923, 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 18917, this pair ranks #375,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commandée vs commander
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commandée": é. Private to "commander": r.
"commandée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "commander" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commander ← ccommander · cmomander · comamnder · comander · commadner · commandder · commanderr · commandre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commandée" for "commander" ever safe?
Frequency check: "commandée" vs "commander" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"commandée" and "commander" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "commandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commander" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commandée" and "commander" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandée 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 #375,943 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.