Which to use
“commente” and “commettre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,451
- “commente” frequency rank
- #6,797
- “commettre” frequency rank
- 16248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commente | commettre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de commenter. | Faire tel ou tel acte blâmable. |
Where the eye mixes commente and commettre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. commente runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against commettre's 9 (CVCCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: commente vs commettre
A purely visual mix-up. commente (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\) and commettre (\kɔ.mɛtʁ\) 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 16248, 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\. commettre is at rank #6,797, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɛtʁ\.
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 16248, this pair ranks #388,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commente vs commettre
Shared letters: cemot. Private to "commente": n. Private to "commettre": r.
"commente" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "commettre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commente" for "commettre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "commente" or "commettre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "commente" and "commettre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commettre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,710 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commente" and "commettre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commente vs commère". 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 #388,710 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.