# commute

> English word · Verb · IPA /kəˈmjuːt/ · frequency rank #13,687

## Definitions
1. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
2. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
3. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
4. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
5. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
6. Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commūtō.

## Easily confused with
- **comte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commute-vs-comte)
- **compete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commute-vs-compete)
- **compute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commute-vs-compute)
- **computer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commute-vs-computer)
- **commuter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commute-vs-commuter)
- **computed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commute-vs-computed)
- **commit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commit-vs-commute)
- **commie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commie-vs-commute)
- **commits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commits-vs-commute)
- **commune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/commune-vs-commute)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccommute`, `cmomute`, `commtue`, `commuet`, `commutte`, `comumte`, `comute`, `ocmmute`

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