commandéevscommandezTell them apart

Quick tell: commandée is a adjective, commandez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“commandée” is an adjective and “commandez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,994
“commandée” frequency rank
#22,803
“commandez” frequency rank
36797
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commandée commandez
Definition Féminin singulier de commandé. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander.

Same sound, different letters: commandée vs commandez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.

9 ch
commandée
9 ch
commandez

Same sound, different spelling - commandée / commandez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: commandée and commandez 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 36797, 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\. 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 36797, this pair ranks #267,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of commandée vs commandez

Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commandée": é. Private to "commandez": z.

"commandée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "commandez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commandezccommandez · cmomandez · comamndez · comandez · commadnez · commanddez · commandezz · commandze

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "commandée" and "commandez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "commandée" is an adjective and "commandez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "commandée" or "commandez"?
"commandée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,994 in our French list, against #22,803 for "commandez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commandée" 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 #267,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commandée" 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 #267,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list