commitment

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/[…]/ noun

The verdict

“commitment” is an uncommon German word, ranked #69,103 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#69,103
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, dass man tun muss; Zusage, die man gegeben hat: Verpflichtung

Key facts for commitment
PropertyValue
Headwordcommitment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “commitment” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). commitment lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for commitment is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,103 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for commitment, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is commitment, spelled C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas, dass man tun muss; Zusage, die man gegeben hat: Verpflichtung
  2. 2
    persönliche Verbundenheit, Unterstützung, positive (Arbeits)einstellung: Engagement, Einsatz, Einsatzvermögen
  3. 3
    Veranlassung eines Aufenthaltes in einem Krankenhaus, Heim, Gefängnis, einer Psychiatrie: Einweisung

Synonyms

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "commitment"?
"commitment" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "commitment" mean?
As a noun, "commitment" means: etwas, dass man tun muss; Zusage, die man gegeben hat: Verpflichtung
How do you pronounce "commitment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commitment" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commitment" come from?
"commitment" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “commitment”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list