# commissioned vs commissioner

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### commissioned
*adjective · IPA /kəˈmɪʃənd/ · frequency rank #7,545*
Holding a commission; officially appointed.

### commissioner
*noun · IPA /kəˈmɪʃənɚ/ · frequency rank #3,415*
A member of a commission.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commissioned-vs-commissioner