commenceronsvscommencerontConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,236
“commencerons” frequency rank
#30,531
“commenceront” frequency rank
77767
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commencerons commenceront
Definition Première personne du pluriel du futur de commencer. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de commencer.

Same sound, different letters: commencerons vs commenceront

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. commencerons and commenceront follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
commencerons
12 ch
commenceront

Same sound, different spelling - commencerons / commenceront

This is the hard kind. commencerons and commenceront are pronounced identically (\kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁɔ̃\) 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 a single letter - s in “commencerons” becomes t in “commenceront”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

commencerons is recorded at frequency rank #47,236, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁɔ̃\. commenceront is at rank #30,531, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁɔ̃\.

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 77767, this pair ranks #27,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of commencerons vs commenceront

Shared letters: cemnor. Private to "commencerons": s. Private to "commenceront": t.

"commencerons" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCC  ·  "commenceront" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commencerons ← ccommencerons · cmomencerons · comemncerons · comencerons · commecnerons · commenccerons · commenceorns · commencernos
  • commenceront ← ccommenceront · cmomenceront · comemnceront · comenceront · commecneront · commencceront · commenceornt · commencernot

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "commencerons" for "commenceront" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "commencerons" or "commenceront" show up more?
"commenceront" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,531 in our French list, against #47,236 for "commencerons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commencerons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "commenceront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commencerons" and "commenceront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencerais vs commencerons". 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 #27,524 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