Which to use
“commenter” and “commentés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,167
- “commenter” frequency rank
- #36,768
- “commentés” frequency rank
- 43935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commenter | commentés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Interpréter par un commentaire, par des commentaires. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de commenter. |
Same sound, different letters: commenter vs commentés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: commenter vs commentés
This is the hard kind. commenter 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commenter is recorded at frequency rank #7,167, 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 43935, this pair ranks #214,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commenter vs commentés
Shared letters: cemnot. Private to "commenter": r. Private to "commentés": sé.
"commenter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "commentés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commenter ← ccommenter · cmomenter · comemnter · comenter · commenetr · commennter · commenterr · commentre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commenter" for "commentés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "commenter" vs "commentés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "commenter" / "commentés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "commenter" 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 #214,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commenter" 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 #214,250 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.