Comission or commission?
comission is a noun meaning “Alternative form of commission”; commission is a noun meaning “A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something)”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) commission is about 661 times as common as comission.
What is the difference between comission and commission?
| comission | commission | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something) An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something | |
| Example | none recorded | David received his commission after graduating from West Point |
| Forms | comissions | commissions |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /kəˈmɪʃən/ |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words | 81 times per million words |
Sources: comission and commission in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of comission and commission
commission
- 1
A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something)
- 2
To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something
James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents
- 3
An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers
David received his commission after graduating from West Point
- 4
To place an order for (often a piece of art)
He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months
- 5
The thing to be done as agent for another
I have three commissions for the city
- 6
To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service
The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII
- 7
A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function
the European Commission
- 8
A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction
a reseller's commission
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, comission or commission?
comission appears about once in every 8 million words; commission 81 times per million words.
comission about once in every 8 million wordscommission 81 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).