Which to use
“commentée” and “commentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,302
- “commentée” frequency rank
- #36,768
- “commentés” frequency rank
- 63070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commentée | commentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de commenter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de commenter. |
Same sound, different letters: commentée vs commentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. commentée (CVCCVCCVV) and commentés (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - commentée and commentés
This is the hard kind. commentée and commentés 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 a single letter - e in “commentée” becomes s in “commentés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63070, 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\. commentés is at rank #36,768, 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 63070, this pair ranks #83,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of commentée vs commentés
Shared letters: cemnoté. Private to "commentée": -. Private to "commentés": s.
"commentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "commentés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commentée" and "commentés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "commentée" vs "commentés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "commentée" / "commentés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "commentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commentés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commentée" and "commentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs commentés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #83,850 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.