Which to use
“commandées” is an adjective and “commander” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,912
- “commandées” frequency rank
- #4,923
- “commander” frequency rank
- 29835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commandées | commander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de commandé. | Diriger, mener. |
Same sound, different letters: commandées vs commander
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - commandées and commander
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: commandées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commandées is recorded at frequency rank #24,912, 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 29835, this pair ranks #314,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commandées vs commander
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commandées": sé. Private to "commander": r.
"commandées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "commander" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commander ← ccommander · cmomander · comamnder · comander · commadner · commandder · commanderr · commandre
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "commandées" / "commander". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "commandées" 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 #314,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commandées" and "commander" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandées vs commandites". 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 #314,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.