Which to use
“commences” and “commentée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,800
- “commences” frequency rank
- #26,302
- “commentée” frequency rank
- 36102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commences | commentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de commencer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de commenter. |
Where the eye mixes commences and commentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between commences and commentée
A purely visual mix-up. commences (\kɔ.mɑ̃s\) and commentée (\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 36102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commences is recorded at frequency rank #9,800, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃s\. commentée is at rank #26,302, 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 36102, this pair ranks #271,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commences vs commentée
Shared letters: cemno. Private to "commences": s. Private to "commentée": té.
"commences" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commences ← ccommences · cmomences · comemnces · comences · commecnes · commencces · commencess · commencse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commences" and "commentée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "commences" or "commentée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commences" and "commentée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commences" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commentée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commences" and "commentée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commentée vs contentée". 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 #271,986 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.