Which to use
“commandée” is an adjective and “commandes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,994
- “commandée” frequency rank
- #3,523
- “commandes” frequency rank
- 17517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commandée | commandes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de commandé. | Pluriel de commande. |
Where the eye mixes commandée and commandes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commandée vs commandes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: commandée is \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\ while commandes is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17517, 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\. commandes is at rank #3,523, tagged as anoun, 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 17517, this pair ranks #382,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commandée vs commandes
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commandée": é. Private to "commandes": s.
"commandée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "commandes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commandes ← ccommandes · cmomandes · comamndes · comandes · commadnes · commanddes · commandess · commandse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commandée" for "commandes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "commandée" or "commandes"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "commandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commandes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commandée" and "commandes" 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 #382,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.