Which to use
“commissioner” and “commissioners” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,415
- “commissioner” frequency rank
- #10,016
- “commissioners” frequency rank
- 13431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commissioner | commissioners |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A member of a commission. | plural of commissioner |
Where the eye mixes commissioner and commissioners
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: commissioner vs commissioners
A purely visual mix-up. commissioner (/kəˈmɪʃənɚ/) and commissioners (/kəˈmɪʃənɚz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “commissioner” sits inside “commissioners”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commissioner is recorded at frequency rank #3,415, classified as anoun, pronounced /kəˈmɪʃənɚ/. commissioners is at rank #10,016, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kəˈmɪʃənɚz/.
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 13431, this pair ranks #475,852 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commissioner vs commissioners
Shared letters: ceimnors. Private to "commissioner": -. Private to "commissioners": -.
"commissioner" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCVC · "commissioners" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commissioner ← ccommissioner · cmomissioner · comimssioner · comissioner · commisioner · commisisoner · commissinoer · commissioenr
- commissioners ← ccommissioners · cmomissioners · comimssioners · comissioners · commisioners · commisisoners · commissinoers · commissioenrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commissioner" and "commissioners" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "commissioner" or "commissioners"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "commissioner" and "commissioners" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "commissioner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commissioners" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,852 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commissioner" and "commissioners" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commissioners vs commissions". 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 #475,852 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.