Which to use
“commère” is a noun and “commettre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,075
- “commère” frequency rank
- #6,797
- “commettre” frequency rank
- 52872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commère | commettre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui est la marraine d’un même enfant, du point de vue du parrain, du père et de mère de l’enfant. | Faire tel ou tel acte blâmable. |
Where the eye mixes commère and commettre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. commère runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against commettre's 9 (CVCCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: commère vs commettre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: commère is \kɔ.mɛʁ\ while commettre is \kɔ.mɛtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commère is recorded at frequency rank #46,075, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɛʁ\. 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 52872, this pair ranks #144,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of commère vs commettre
Shared letters: cemor. Private to "commère": è. Private to "commettre": t.
"commère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "commettre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commettre ← ccommettre · cmomettre · comemttre · comettre · commetre · commetrte · commetter · commettrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "commère" for "commettre" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "commère" or "commettre" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "commère" 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 #144,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commère" and "commettre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commercer vs commère". 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 #144,675 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.