commission

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The verdict

“commission” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,592
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anordnung an eine Person, etwas zu tun; Dokument hierzu: Auftrag

Corpus desk

Index DE-commission · commission · German

commission · rank #15,592 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,592
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH collection

Nearest frequency peer: collection (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „commission“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „commission“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

commission vs of
10% similar
commission vs ii
20% similar
commission vs TO
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „commission“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).commissionliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „collection“ (#15,591), „Computern“ (#15,593), „cook“ (#15,594). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „commission“ bei #15,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around commission (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,592 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for commission, with forms such as "ccommission", "cmomission", and "comimssion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "of", "ii", "TO", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is commission, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how commission appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Suys continued to carry out commissions in the Netherlands after the revolution ….”
  2. “… the publisher itself sets the price of the ebooks and the retailer takes a commission.”

Synonyms

orderinstructionmissionboardcommitteepanelcommittalperpetration

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommission
  • cmomission
  • comimssion
  • comission
  • commision
  • commisison
  • commissino
  • commissionn
  • commissoin
  • commißion
  • commsision
  • ocmmission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commission - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccommission1cmomission2comimssion2comission1commision1commisison2commissino2commissionn1
Edit distance from "commission"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "commission", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

collection#15,591department#15,600Diplomatie#15,603bevorzugte#15,579

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bewilligt12 variantsdreizehn12 variantsbekanntes12 variantsbedürfen12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list