comission

noun

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"comission" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“comission” is uncommon English (frequency #85,126 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,126
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of commission.

Corpus desk

Index EN-comission · comission · English

comission · rank #85,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,126
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH compartmental…

Nearest frequency peer: compartmentalization (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “comission”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “comission” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for comission
PropertyValue
Headwordcomission
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,126
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “comission” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).comissionlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “compartmentalization” (#85,127), “coital” (#85,123), “coif” (#85,122). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

comission is uncommon English at frequency #85,126 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of commission.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for comission, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is comission, spelled C-O-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of commission.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Again the small detail, this time one of comission, not omission, on my part!
  2. This, in the opinion of the author and medical records personnel, constituted extraneous "noise" in the search process, thus drastically increasing the likelihood of error, either by overlooking the correct patient (error of omission) or inadvertently selecting the wrong one (error of comission).

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "comission"?
"comission" is spelled C-O-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
What does "comission" mean?
As a noun, "comission" means: Alternative form of commission.
What language does "comission" come from?
"comission" is a English 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 English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list