commentéesvscommententWhich spelling fits?

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“commentées” and “commentent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,317
“commentées” frequency rank
#29,290
“commentent” frequency rank
65607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature commentées commentent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de commenter. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de commenter.

Where the eye mixes commentées and commentent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
commentées
10 ch
commentent

Look-alike desk: commentées vs commentent

A purely visual mix-up. commentées (\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\) and commentent (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

commentées is recorded at frequency rank #36,317, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\. 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 65607, this pair ranks #71,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of commentées vs commentent

Shared letters: cemnot. Private to "commentées": . Private to "commentent": -.

"commentées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC  ·  "commentent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commententccommentent · cmomentent · comemntent · comentent · commenetnt · commenntent · commentennt · commententt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "commentées" and "commentent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\ versus \kɔ.mɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "commentées" vs "commentent" - which ranks higher?
"commentent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,290 in our French list, against #36,317 for "commentées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commentées" 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 #71,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commentées" and "commentent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs commentées". 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 #71,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list