Which to use
“commencées” and “commencez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,799
- “commencées” frequency rank
- #8,360
- “commencez” frequency rank
- 56159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commencées | commencez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de commencer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commencer. |
Same sound, different letters: commencées vs commencez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. commencées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against commencez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: commencées vs commencez
This is the hard kind. commencées and commencez are pronounced identically (\kɔ.mɑ̃.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commencées is recorded at frequency rank #47,799, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\. commencez is at rank #8,360, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\.
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 56159, this pair ranks #122,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commencées vs commencez
Shared letters: cemno. Private to "commencées": sé. Private to "commencez": z.
"commencées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "commencez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commencez ← ccommencez · cmomencez · comemncez · comencez · commecnez · commenccez · commencezz · commencze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commencées" and "commencez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "commencées" or "commencez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "commencées" / "commencez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "commencées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commencez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commencées" and "commencez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs compensées". 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 #122,862 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.