# commencement

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈmɛnsmənt/ · frequency rank #15,369

## Definitions
1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
3. A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

## Etymology
From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ccommencement`, `cmomencement`, `comemncement`, `comencement`, `commecnement`, `commenccement`, `commenceemnt`, `commencemennt`, `commencementt`, `commencemetn`, `commencemment`, `commencemnet`, `commencmeent`, `commenecment`, `commenncement`, `commnecement`, `ocmmencement`

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