Which to use
“commission” and “commissions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #766
- “commission” frequency rank
- #5,845
- “commissions” frequency rank
- 6611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | commission | commissions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mandat, charge que l’on donne à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose. | Pluriel de commission. |
Same sound, different letters: commission vs commissions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - commission and commissions
This is the hard kind. commission and commissions are pronounced identically (\kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “commission” sits inside “commissions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
commission is recorded at frequency rank #766, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\. commissions is at rank #5,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 6611, this pair ranks #425,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of commission vs commissions
Shared letters: cimnos. Private to "commission": -. Private to "commissions": -.
"commission" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "commissions" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- commission ← ccommission · cmomission · comimssion · comission · commision · commisison · commissino · commissionn
- commissions ← ccommissions · cmomissions · comimssions · comissions · commisions · commisisons · commissinos · commissionns
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "commission" and "commissions" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "commission" vs "commissions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"commission" and "commissions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "commission" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "commissions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "commission" and "commissions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "commission vs compassion". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #425,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.