commission

/[…]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,592

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

commission is aGermannoun. It means: Anordnung an eine Person, etwas zu tun; Dokument hierzu: Auftrag Pronounced […]. Often confused with of and ii.

Key facts for commission
PropertyValue
Headwordcommission
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,592
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of commission in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for commission is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,592 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for commission, with forms such as "ccommission", "cmomission", and "comimssion". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is commission, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anordnung an eine Person, etwas zu tun; Dokument hierzu: Auftrag
  2. 2
    Bezahlung eines Geschäftspartners, meist mit Beteiligung am Umsatz: Provision
  3. 3
    Personengruppe, die in öffentlicher Funktion über eine Angelegenheit entscheidet oder etwas untersucht: Kommission, Ausschuss
  4. 4
    Durchführung einer (meist verwerflichen) Tat: Begehung
  5. 5
    Verleihung einer Offiziersstelle, Urkunde hierzu: Offizierspatent
  6. 6
    in Funktion: Betrieb, Dienst

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccommission,cmomission,comimssion,comission,commision,commisison,commissino,commissionn,commissoin,commißion,commsision,ocmmission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for commission

Misspelling Variants of "commission"

ccommission11cmomission10comimssion10comission9commision9commisison10commissino10commissionn11
Misspelling Variants of "commission"

Frequency rank: #15,592 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commission"?
"commission" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "commission" mean?
As a noun, "commission" means: Anordnung an eine Person, etwas zu tun; Dokument hierzu: Auftrag
What words are commonly confused with "commission"?
"commission" is commonly confused with "of", "ii", "TO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commission" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commission" come from?
"commission" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.