commission

/\kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#766

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

commission is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mandat, charge que l’on donne à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. Pronounced \kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #766 in French word frequency. Often confused with compassion and commissions.

Key facts for commission
PropertyValue
Headwordcommission
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#766
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for commission is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #766 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for commission, with forms such as "ccommission", "cmomission", and "comimssion". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "compassion", "commissions", 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 commission, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mandat, charge que l’on donne à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Message dont on charge un domestique, un subalterne, un commissionnaire.
  3. 3
    Profession de celui qui fait habituellement des actes de commerce pour le compte d’autrui.
  4. 4
    Ce qu’un commissionnaire, un mandataire perçoit pour son salaire.
  5. 5
    Ce qu’un commissionnaire, un mandataire perçoit pour son salaire.
  6. 6
    Lettre de marque, délivrée par un État à un corsaire.
  7. 7
    Réunion de personnes commises pour remplir des fonctions spéciales, ou chargées d’un travail préparatoire, de l’examen d’une chose, d’une affaire.
  8. 8
    Tribunal d’exception.
  9. 9
    Miction ou défécation. → voir petite commission et grosse commission
  10. 10
    Fait de commettre quelque chose, généralement une faute.
  11. 11
    Achat effectué pour les besoins courants.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccommission,cmomission,comimssion,comission,commision,commisison,commissino,commissionn,commissoin,commsision,ocmmission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for commission

Misspelling Variants of "commission"

ccommission11cmomission10comimssion10comission9commision9commisison10commissino10commissionn11
Misspelling Variants of "commission"

Frequency rank: #766 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commission"?
"commission" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "commission" mean?
As a noun, "commission" means: Mandat, charge que l’on donne à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "commission"?
"commission" is commonly confused with "compassion", "commissions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commission" is \kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commission" come from?
"commission" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.