Which to use
“commandes” and “commando” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,523
- “commandes” frequency rank
- #14,637
- “commando” frequency rank
- 18160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commandes | commando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de commande. | Unité spéciale entraînée pour exécuter des missions dangereuses sur des objectifs déterminés. |
Where the eye mixes commandes and commando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between commandes and commando
A purely visual mix-up. commandes (\kɔ.mɑ̃d\) and commando (\kɔ.mɑ̃.do\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18160, 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\. commando is at rank #14,637, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.do\.
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 18160, this pair ranks #379,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commandes vs commando
Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "commandes": es. Private to "commando": -.
"commandes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commando" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commandes" and "commando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "commandes" vs "commando" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "commandes" and "commando" 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 "commando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commandes" and "commando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commandes 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 #379,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.