Which to use
“commandée” is an adjective and “commentée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,994
- “commandée” frequency rank
- #26,302
- “commentée” frequency rank
- 40296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commandée | commentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de commandé. | Participe passé féminin singulier de commenter. |
Where the eye mixes commandée and commentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. commandée and commentée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between commandée and commentée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: commandée is \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\ while commentée is \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40296, 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\. commentée is at rank #26,302, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\.
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 40296, this pair ranks #241,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commandée vs commentée
Shared letters: cemnoé. Private to "commandée": ad. Private to "commentée": t.
"commandée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "commentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commandée" for "commentée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "commandée" or "commentée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commandée" and "commentée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commandée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commandée" and "commentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commentée vs contentée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #241,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.