commententvscommentésWhich spelling fits?

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

#29,290
“commentent” frequency rank
#36,768
“commentés” frequency rank
66058
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes commentent and commentés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

10 ch
commentent
9 ch
commentés

Visual trap between commentent and commentés

A purely visual mix-up. commentent (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\) and commentés (\kɔ.mɑ̃.te\) 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 66058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

commentent is recorded at frequency rank #29,290, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.mɑ̃t\. 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 66058, this pair ranks #69,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of commentent vs commentés

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

"commentent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "commentés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "commentent" and "commentés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\kɔ.mɑ̃t\ versus \kɔ.mɑ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "commentent" vs "commentés" - which ranks higher?
"commentent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,290 in our French list, against #36,768 for "commentés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "commentent" 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 #69,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "commentent" and "commentés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commencées vs commentés". 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 #69,524 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