Which to use
“commodité” and “commodore” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,012
- “commodité” frequency rank
- #36,318
- “commodore” frequency rank
- 63330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commodité | commodore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tout ce qui facilite l’usage d’une chose et la rend utile et agréable. | Dans certaines marines, grade intermédiaire entre celui de capitaine de vaisseau et celui de contre-amiral. |
Where the eye mixes commodité and commodore
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses commodité with commodore
A purely visual mix-up. commodité (\kɔ.mɔ.di.te\) and commodore (\kɔ.mɔ.dɔʁ\) 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 63330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commodité is recorded at frequency rank #27,012, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɔ.di.te\. commodore is at rank #36,318, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mɔ.dɔʁ\.
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 63330, this pair ranks #82,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of commodité vs commodore
Shared letters: cdmo. Private to "commodité": ité. Private to "commodore": er.
"commodité" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "commodore" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commodore ← ccommodore · cmomodore · commdoore · commoddore · commodoer · commodorre · commodroe · commoodre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commodité" and "commodore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "commodité" or "commodore" 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 "commodité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commodore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commodité" and "commodore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commémore vs commodore". 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 #82,493 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.