Which to use
“commission” is a noun and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,592
- “commission” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 15916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commission | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Anordnung an eine Person, etwas zu tun; Dokument hierzu: Auftrag | von |
Letter map: commission vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set commission and of apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - commission and of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: commission is anoun and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 8 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commission is recorded at frequency rank #15,592, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, 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 15916, this pair ranks #1,940,107 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commission vs of
Shared letters: o. Private to "commission": cimns. Private to "of": f.
"commission" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commission ← ccommission · cmomission · comimssion · comission · commision · commisison · commissino · commissionn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commission" and "of" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "commission" vs "of" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "commission" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "commission" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,940,107 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commission" and "of" 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 #1,940,107 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.