Which to use
“commentée” and “commentées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,302
- “commentée” frequency rank
- #36,317
- “commentées” frequency rank
- 62619
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commentée | commentées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de commenter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de commenter. |
Same sound, different letters: commentée vs commentées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. commentée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against commentées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - commentée / commentées
This is the hard kind. commentée and commentées are pronounced identically (\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “commentée” sits inside “commentées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commentée is recorded at frequency rank #26,302, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\. 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 62619, this pair ranks #86,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of commentée vs commentées
Shared letters: cemnoté. Private to "commentée": -. Private to "commentées": s.
"commentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "commentées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commentée" and "commentées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "commentée" vs "commentées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "commentée" 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 #86,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commentée" and "commentées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs commentées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #86,184 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.