# commencé vs commercer

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### commencé
*verb · IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\ · frequency rank #916*
Participe passé masculin singulier de commencer.

### commercer
*verb · IPA \kɔ.mɛʁ.se\ · frequency rank #38,210*
Faire du commerce.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/commence-vs-commercer