Which to use
“commentaire” and “commentaires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,167
- “commentaire” frequency rank
- #1,732
- “commentaires” frequency rank
- 3899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commentaire | commentaires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Éclaircissements, observations et remarques sur un livre, sur un texte, pour en faciliter l’intelligence. | Pluriel de commentaire. |
Same sound, different letters: commentaire vs commentaires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. commentaire runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCVVCV) against commentaires's 12 (CVCCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: commentaire vs commentaires
This is the hard kind. commentaire and commentaires are pronounced identically (\kɔ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “commentaire” sits inside “commentaires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commentaire is recorded at frequency rank #2,167, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\. commentaires is at rank #1,732, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\.
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 3899, this pair ranks #432,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commentaire vs commentaires
Shared letters: aceimnort. Private to "commentaire": -. Private to "commentaires": s.
"commentaire" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCV · "commentaires" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commentaire ← ccommentaire · cmomentaire · comemntaire · comentaire · commenatire · commenntaire · commentaier · commentairre
- commentaires ← ccommentaires · cmomentaires · comemntaires · comentaires · commenatires · commenntaires · commentaiers · commentairess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commentaire" and "commentaires" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "commentaire" or "commentaires"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "commentaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commentaires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #432,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.