Which to use
“commencez” and “commentée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,360
- “commencez” frequency rank
- #26,302
- “commentée” frequency rank
- 34662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commencez | commentée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commencer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de commenter. |
Where the eye mixes commencez and commentée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commencez vs commentée
A purely visual mix-up. commencez (\kɔ.mɑ̃.se\) 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 34662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commencez is recorded at frequency rank #8,360, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.se\. 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 34662, this pair ranks #282,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commencez vs commentée
Shared letters: cemno. Private to "commencez": z. Private to "commentée": té.
"commencez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commencez ← ccommencez · cmomencez · comemncez · comencez · commecnez · commenccez · commencezz · commencze
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commencez" and "commentée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "commencez" or "commentée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commencez" and "commentée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commencez" 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 #282,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commencez" 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 #282,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.