Which to use
“commandent” is a verb and “commandes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,530
- “commandent” frequency rank
- #3,523
- “commandes” frequency rank
- 34053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commandent | commandes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commander. | Pluriel de commande. |
Same sound, different letters: commandent vs commandes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: commandent vs commandes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: commandent and commandes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, 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 34053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commandent is recorded at frequency rank #30,530, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. 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 34053, this pair ranks #286,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commandent vs commandes
Shared letters: acdemno. Private to "commandent": t. Private to "commandes": s.
"commandent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "commandes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commandent ← ccommandent · cmomandent · comamndent · comandent · commadnent · commanddent · commandennt · commandentt
- commandes ← ccommandes · cmomandes · comamndes · comandes · commadnes · commanddes · commandess · commandse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commandent" and "commandes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "commandent" or "commandes" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "commandent" 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 #286,484 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commandent" and "commandes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandent vs commentent". 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 #286,484 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.