commissioning

verb

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"commissioning" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“commissioning” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,047
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of commission

Corpus desk

Index EN-commissioning · commissioning · English

commissioning · rank #19,047 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,047
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH cor

Nearest frequency peer: cor (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “commissioning”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “commissioning” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for commissioning
PropertyValue
Headwordcommissioning
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters13
Frequency rank#19,047
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “commissioning”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).commissioninglands 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 “cor” (#19,048), “Chinatown” (#19,044), “countered” (#19,050). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “commissioning” is #19,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around commissioning, averb. Corpus frequency is #19,047 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of commission".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for commissioning, with forms such as "ccommissioning", "cmomissioning", and "comimssioning". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is commissioning, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of commission

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The admiral will be commissioning the new destroyer in a few minutes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommissioning
  • cmomissioning
  • comimssioning
  • comissioning
  • commisioning
  • commisisoning
  • commissinoing
  • commissioinng
  • commissionign
  • commissioningg
  • commissioninng
  • commissionnig
  • commissionning
  • commissoining
  • commsisioning
  • ocmmissioning

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commissioning - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccommissioning1cmomissioning2comimssioning2comissioning1commisioning1commisisoning2commissinoing2commissioinng2
Edit distance from "commissioning"

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 "commissioning"?
"commissioning" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-I-N-G.
What does "commissioning" mean?
As a verb, "commissioning" means: present participle and gerund of commission
What are common misspellings of "commissioning"?
Common misspellings include "ccommissioning", "cmomissioning", "comimssioning", "comissioning", "commisioning". The correct spelling is "commissioning".
What language does "commissioning" come from?
"commissioning" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list