Which to use
“commission” is a noun and “et” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,592
- “commission” frequency rank
- #1,447
- “et” frequency rank
- 17039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commission | et |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Anordnung an eine Person, etwas zu tun; Dokument hierzu: Auftrag | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat |
Letter map: commission vs et
Shared letters muted; letters that set commission and et apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Grammar separator: commission vs et
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: commission is anoun and etaverb. On the page they differ by 8 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commission is recorded at frequency rank #15,592, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. et is at rank #1,447, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 17039, this pair ranks #1,930,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commission vs et
Shared letters: none. Private to "commission": cimnos. Private to "et": et.
"commission" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "et" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commission ← ccommission · cmomission · comimssion · comission · commision · commisison · commissino · commissionn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "commission" and "et" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "commission" vs "et" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "commission" and "et". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "commission" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "et" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,930,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commission" and "et" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commission vs puzzles". 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 #1,930,884 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.