commentevscommentéesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#9,451
“commente” frequency rank
#36,317
“commentées” frequency rank
45768
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes commente and commentées

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

8 ch
commente
10 ch
commentées

Why the eye confuses commente with commentées

A purely visual mix-up. commente (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45768, 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\. 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 45768, this pair ranks #200,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of commente vs commentées

Shared letters: cemnot. Private to "commente": -. Private to "commentées": .

"commente" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "commentées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "commente" and "commentées" be used interchangeably?
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.
Frequency check: "commente" vs "commentées" - which ranks higher?
"commente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,451 in our French list, against #36,317 for "commentées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "commentées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commente" 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 #200,179 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