commandesvscommanditesConfusable pair

Which to use

“commandes” and “commandites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,523
“commandes” frequency rank
#49,561
“commandites” frequency rank
53084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commandes commandites
Definition Pluriel de commande. Pluriel de commandite.

Where the eye mixes commandes and commandites

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

9 ch
commandes
11 ch
commandites

Visual trap between commandes and commandites

A purely visual mix-up. commandes (\kɔ.mɑ̃d\) and commandites (\kɔ.mɑ̃.dit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

commandes is recorded at frequency rank #3,523, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃d\. commandites is at rank #49,561, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.dit\.

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 53084, this pair ranks #143,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of commandes vs commandites

Shared letters: acdemnos. Private to "commandes": -. Private to "commandites": it.

"commandes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "commandites" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commandesccommandes · cmomandes · comamndes · comandes · commadnes · commanddes · commandess · commandse
  • commanditesccommandites · cmomandites · comamndites · comandites · commadnites · commanddites · commandiets · commanditess

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "commandes" for "commandites" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.mɑ̃d\ versus \kɔ.mɑ̃.dit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "commandes" vs "commandites" - which ranks higher?
"commandes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,523 in our French list, against #49,561 for "commandites". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "commandes" and "commandites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commandes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "commandites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #143,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commandes" and "commandites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandite 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 #143,180 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