Which to use
“commences” and “commentées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,800
- “commences” frequency rank
- #36,317
- “commentées” frequency rank
- 46117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commences | commentées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de commencer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de commenter. |
Where the eye mixes commences and commentées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between commences and commentées
A purely visual mix-up. commences (\kɔ.mɑ̃s\) and commentées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46117, 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\. commentées is at rank #36,317, 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 46117, this pair ranks #197,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commences vs commentées
Shared letters: cemnos. Private to "commences": -. Private to "commentées": té.
"commences" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commentées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commences ← ccommences · cmomences · comemnces · comences · commecnes · commencces · commencess · commencse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commences" for "commentées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "commences" or "commentées" 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 "commences" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commentées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commences" and "commentées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs commentées". 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 #197,475 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.