commissaire

/\kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,867

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

commissaire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui est commis, chargé d’une commission. Pronounced \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\. It ranks #2,867 in French word frequency. Often confused with commissaires.

Key facts for commissaire
PropertyValue
Headwordcommissaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,867
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of commissaire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for commissaire is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,867 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for commissaire, with forms such as "ccommissaire", "cmomissaire", and "comimssaire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "commissaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is commissaire, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui est commis, chargé d’une commission.
  2. 2
    Fonctionnaire chargé de la surveillance des compagnies financières ou industrielles.
  3. 3
    Délégué chargé par un gouvernement de missions politiques temporaires.
  4. 4
    Chef d’État officiel et cérémonial de l’un des trois territoires, représentant du gouvernement fédéral; analogique au gouverneur général fédéral ou du lieutenant-gouverneur d’une province.
  5. 5
    , Commissaire de police.
  6. 6
    Juge délégué par le tribunal auquel il appartient, pour procéder à certaines opérations et en faire son rapport, lorsqu’il y a lieu.
  7. 7
    Personne responsable de la conception, de l’organisation et du déroulement d’une exposition, d’une manifestation scientifique ou culturelle.
  8. 8
    Membre d’une commission.
  9. 9
    Membre d’une commission.
  10. 10
    Celui qui est chargé de diriger les préparatifs et de faire les honneurs, d’un bal, d’une fête, ou d’un banquet.
  11. 11
    Épouse d’un commissaire.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccommissaire,cmomissaire,comimssaire,comissaire,commisaire,commisasire,commissaier,commissairre,commissarie,commissiare,commsisaire,ocmmissaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for commissaire

Misspelling Variants of "commissaire"

ccommissaire12cmomissaire11comimssaire11comissaire10commisaire10commisasire11commissaier11commissairre12
Misspelling Variants of "commissaire"

Frequency rank: #2,867 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commissaire"?
"commissaire" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\.
What does "commissaire" mean?
As a noun, "commissaire" means: Celui qui est commis, chargé d’une commission.
What words are commonly confused with "commissaire"?
"commissaire" is commonly confused with "commissaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commissaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commissaire" is \kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commissaire" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.