Which to use
“commentée” and “commettre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,302
- “commentée” frequency rank
- #6,797
- “commettre” frequency rank
- 33099
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commentée | commettre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de commenter. | Faire tel ou tel acte blâmable. |
Where the eye mixes commentée and commettre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. commentée (CVCCVCCVV) and commettre (CVCCVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between commentée and commettre
A purely visual mix-up. commentée (\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33099, 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\. 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 33099, this pair ranks #292,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commentée vs commettre
Shared letters: cemot. Private to "commentée": né. Private to "commettre": r.
"commentée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "commettre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commettre ← ccommettre · cmomettre · comemttre · comettre · commetre · commetrte · commetter · commettrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commentée" for "commettre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "commentée" vs "commettre" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "commentée" and "commettre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commentée" 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 #292,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commentée" and "commettre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commentée vs contentée". 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 #292,872 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.