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Which to use

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

#9,451
“commente” frequency rank
#26,302
“commentée” frequency rank
35753
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commente commentée
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de commenter. Participe passé féminin singulier de commenter.

Where the eye mixes commente and commentée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
commente
9 ch
commentée

Look-alike desk: commente vs commentée

A purely visual mix-up. commente (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

commente is recorded at frequency rank #9,451, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃t\. 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 35753, this pair ranks #274,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of commente vs commentée

Shared letters: cemnot. Private to "commente": -. Private to "commentée": é.

"commente" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "commentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commenteccommente · cmomente · comemnte · comente · commenet · commennte · commentte · commetne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "commente" for "commentée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\ versus \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "commente" or "commentée"?
"commente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,451 in our French list, against #26,302 for "commentée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commente" 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 #274,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commente" 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 #274,495 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