# commission

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈmɪʃən/ · frequency rank #1,299

## Definitions
1. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
2. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
3. The thing to be done as agent for another.
4. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
5. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
6. The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

## Etymology
From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”) + noun of action missiō (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō (“to send”) + noun of action suffix -iō.

## Easily confused with
- **compassion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commission-vs-compassion)
- **commissions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commission-vs-commissions)
- **commissioner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commission-vs-commissioner)
- **commissioned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commission-vs-commissioned)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccommission`, `cmomission`, `comimssion`, `comission`, `commision`, `commisison`, `commissino`, `commissionn`, `commissoin`, `commistion`, `commsision`, `ocmmission`

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