commanditesvscommoditésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#49,561
“commandites” frequency rank
#32,752
“commodités” frequency rank
82313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commandites commodités
Definition Pluriel de commandite. Pluriel de commodité.

Where the eye mixes commandites and commodités

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

11 ch
commandites
10 ch
commodités

Why the eye confuses commandites with commodités

A purely visual mix-up. commandites (\kɔ.mɑ̃.dit\) and commodités (\kɔ.mɔ.di.te\) 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 82313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

commandites is recorded at frequency rank #49,561, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.dit\. commodités is at rank #32,752, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɔ.di.te\.

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 82313, this pair ranks #16,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of commandites vs commodités

Shared letters: cdimost. Private to "commandites": aen. Private to "commodités": é.

"commandites" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC  ·  "commodités" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commanditesccommandites · cmomandites · comamndites · comandites · commadnites · commanddites · commandiets · commanditess

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "commandites" and "commodités" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.mɑ̃.dit\ versus \kɔ.mɔ.di.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "commandites" vs "commodités" - which ranks higher?
"commodités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,752 in our French list, against #49,561 for "commandites". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commandites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "commodités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commandites" and "commodités" 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 #16,991 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