commissionnaire
\kɔ.mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“commissionnaire” is an uncommon French word, ranked #64,324 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #64,324
- frequency rank, French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celle ou celui qui est chargé d’une commission pour quelque particulier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commissionnaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #64,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “commissionnaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for commissionnaire is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #64,324 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
commissionnaire has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is commissionnaire, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celle ou celui qui est chargé d’une commission pour quelque particulier.
- 2Profession gouvernementale de gardien de sécurité et personnel assimilé.
- 3Celle ou celui qui fait profession d’acheter ou de vendre pour le compte d’autrui, spécialement pour le compte des fabricants et des commerçants.
- 4Celle ou celui dont le métier est de porter des messages ou des fardeaux.
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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.
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Using “commissionnaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-I-S-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ.mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.