Which to use
“commencer” and “commentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #976
- “commencer” frequency rank
- #36,768
- “commentés” frequency rank
- 37744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commencer | commentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Engager une action, entreprendre une tâche, donner à une chose un commencement d’existence. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de commenter. |
Where the eye mixes commencer and commentés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between commencer and commentés
A purely visual mix-up. commencer (\kɔ.mɑ̃.se\) and commentés (\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commencer is recorded at frequency rank #976, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\. commentés is at rank #36,768, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.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 37744, this pair ranks #260,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commencer vs commentés
Shared letters: cemno. Private to "commencer": r. Private to "commentés": sté.
"commencer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commentés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commencer ← ccommencer · cmomencer · comemncer · comencer · commecner · commenccer · commencerr · commencre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commencer" and "commentés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "commencer" or "commentés"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commencer" and "commentés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commencer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commencer" and "commentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs commentés". 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 #260,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.