commandéesvscommandesConfusable pair

Quick tell: commandées is a adjective, commandes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“commandées” is an adjective and “commandes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,912
“commandées” frequency rank
#3,523
“commandes” frequency rank
28435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commandées commandes
Definition Féminin pluriel de commandé. Pluriel de commande.

Where the eye mixes commandées and commandes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
commandées
9 ch
commandes

Look-alike desk: commandées vs commandes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: commandées is \kɔ.mɑ̃.de\ while commandes is \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28435, 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\. 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 28435, this pair ranks #322,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of commandées vs commandes

Shared letters: acdemnos. Private to "commandées": é. Private to "commandes": -.

"commandées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC  ·  "commandes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commandesccommandes · cmomandes · comamndes · comandes · commadnes · commanddes · commandess · commandse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "commandées" and "commandes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "commandées" is an adjective and "commandes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "commandées" or "commandes"?
"commandes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,523 in our French list, against #24,912 for "commandées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commandées" 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 #322,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commandées" and "commandes" 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 #322,842 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