commissionership

noun

"commissionership" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“commissionership” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The role or office of commissioner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-commissionership · commissionership · English

commissionership · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for commissionership
PropertyValue
Headwordcommissionership
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “commissionership” in English

commissionershipranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

commissionership is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The role or office of commissioner.".

commissionership has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From commissioner + -ship. The correct English form is commissionership, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-E-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    The role or office of commissioner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. When he retired, he called his commissionership “the greatest job in the world; you’re always visiting wonderful places.”

Etymology

From commissioner + -ship.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commissionership"?
"commissionership" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-E-R-S-H-I-P.
What does "commissionership" mean?
As a noun, "commissionership" means: The role or office of commissioner.
What is the origin of the word "commissionership"?
From commissioner + -ship. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list