Which to use
“commission” is a noun and “TO” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,592
- “commission” frequency rank
- #589
- “TO” frequency rank
- 16181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commission | TO |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Anordnung an eine Person, etwas zu tun; Dokument hierzu: Auftrag | KFZ-Kennzeichen für Torino (Turin) |
Letter map: commission vs TO
Shared letters muted; letters that set commission and TO apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: commission vs TO
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: commission is anoun and TOanabbrev. On the page they differ by 8 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commission is recorded at frequency rank #15,592, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. TO is at rank #589, tagged as anabbrev, 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 16181, this pair ranks #1,937,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commission vs TO
Shared letters: o. Private to "commission": cimns. Private to "TO": t.
"commission" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "TO" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- commission ← ccommission · cmomission · comimssion · comission · commision · commisison · commissino · commissionn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commission" and "TO" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "commission" vs "TO" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "commission" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "TO" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,937,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commission" and "TO" 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 #1,937,907 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.