Which to use
“commencera” and “commencez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,751
- “commencera” frequency rank
- #8,360
- “commencez” frequency rank
- 22111
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commencera | commencez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de commencer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commencer. |
Where the eye mixes commencera and commencez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. commencera runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against commencez's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: commencera vs commencez
A purely visual mix-up. commencera (\kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁa\) and commencez (\kɔ.mɑ̃.se\) 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 22111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commencera is recorded at frequency rank #13,751, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁa\. 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 22111, this pair ranks #359,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commencera vs commencez
Shared letters: cemno. Private to "commencera": ar. Private to "commencez": z.
"commencera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "commencez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commencera ← ccommencera · cmomencera · comemncera · comencera · commecnera · commenccera · commencear · commencerra
- commencez ← ccommencez · cmomencez · comemncez · comencez · commecnez · commenccez · commencezz · commencze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commencera" for "commencez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "commencera" or "commencez" show up more?
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 "commencera" 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 #359,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commencera" and "commencez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs commencera". 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 #359,770 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.