Which to use
“commente” and “commentent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,451
- “commente” frequency rank
- #29,290
- “commentent” frequency rank
- 38741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commente | commentent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de commenter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commenter. |
Same sound, different letters: commente vs commentent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - commente and commentent
This is the hard kind. commente and commentent are pronounced identically (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “commente” sits inside “commentent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38741, 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\. commentent is at rank #29,290, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃t\.
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 38741, this pair ranks #253,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commente vs commentent
Shared letters: cemnot. Private to "commente": -. Private to "commentent": -.
"commente" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commentent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commente ← ccommente · cmomente · comemnte · comente · commenet · commennte · commentte · commetne
- commentent ← ccommentent · cmomentent · comemntent · comentent · commenetnt · commenntent · commentennt · commententt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commente" and "commentent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "commente" vs "commentent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "commente" / "commentent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "commente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commentent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commente" and "commentent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commentent vs compensent". 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 #253,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.