commis

\kɔ.mi\

/\kɔ.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“commis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,563
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui, dans une administration, une banque ou une maison de commerce, est chargé d’un emploi dont il doit rendre compte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commis · commis · French

commis · rank #2,563 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,563
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH colonel

Nearest frequency peer: colonel (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « commis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « commis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

commis vs coms
67% similar
commis vs commu
67% similar
commis vs commun
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for commis
PropertyValue
Headwordcommis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,563
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).commisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « colonel » (#2,562), « composition » (#2,564), « collaboration » (#2,561). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commis » est au #2,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around commis (IPA \kɔ.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,563 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for commis, with forms such as "ccommis", "cmomis", and "comims". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coms", "commu", "commun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is commis, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui, dans une administration, une banque ou une maison de commerce, est chargé d’un emploi dont il doit rendre compte.
  2. 2
    Personne qui fournit une aide dans certains métiers.
  3. 3
    Employé de bureau subalterne.
  4. 4
    Affecté à.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sel était alors déchargé sous la surveillance d'un receveur et d'un « commis aux descentes » qui assistaient également à son mesurage et à son « empotassement » par masses séparées dans des salles situées à l'abri des inondations.
  2. Il y a 100 ans cette année, un modeste commis aux brevets de Berne, en Suisse, publiait les principaux éléments de sa théorie dite de la relativité.

This word in other languages

clerk(English)dependiente(Español)Gehilfe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommis
  • cmomis
  • comims
  • comis
  • commiss
  • commsi
  • ocmmis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccommis1cmomis2comims2comis1commiss1commsi2ocmmis2
Edit distance from "commis"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commis"?
"commis" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mi\.
What does "commis" mean?
As a noun, "commis" means: Celui qui, dans une administration, une banque ou une maison de commerce, est chargé d’un emploi dont il doit rendre compte.
What words are commonly confused with "commis"?
"commis" is commonly confused with "coms", "commu", "commun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commis" is \kɔ.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commis" come from?
"commis" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Christ#2,560balles#2,557vierge#2,552viande#2,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

devez7 variantsscore7 variantspoisson7 variantsstage7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list