comandarvscomandoTell them apart

Quick tell: comandar is a verb, comando is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comandar” is a verb and “comando” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,674
“comandar” frequency rank
#1,425
“comando” frequency rank
12099
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comandar comando
Definition mandar ação de comandar, governar

Letter map: comandar vs comando

Shared letters muted; letters that set comandar and comando apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
comandar
7 ch
comando

Part-of-speech tell for comandar / comando

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comandar is averb and comandoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12099, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comandar is recorded at frequency rank #10,674, classified as averb, pronounced /ku.mɐ̃.ˈdaɾ/. comando is at rank #1,425, tagged as anoun.

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 12099, this pair ranks #60,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comandar vs comando

Shared letters: acdmno. Private to "comandar": r. Private to "comando": -.

"comandar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "comando" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comandarccomandar · cmoandar · coamndar · comadnar · comanadr · comandarr · comanddar · comandra
  • comandoccomando · cmoando · coamndo · comadno · comanddo · comanndo · comanod · commando

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comandar" and "comando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comandar" is a verb and "comando" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "comandar" vs "comando" - which ranks higher?
"comando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,425 in our Portuguese list, against #10,674 for "comandar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "comandar" and "comando". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comandar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comandar" and "comando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comandar vs comenda". 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 #60,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list