commitment

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The verdict

“commitment” is uncommon German (frequency #69,103 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,103
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, dass man tun muss; Zusage, die man gegeben hat: Verpflichtung

Corpus desk

Index DE-commitment · commitment · German

commitment · rank #69,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,103
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH coma

Nearest frequency peer: coma (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „commitment“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „commitment“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for commitment
PropertyValue
Headwordcommitment
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „commitment“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).commitmentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „coma“ (#69,102), „continuo“ (#69,106), „cinque“ (#69,099). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „commitment“ bei #69,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

commitment is uncommon German at frequency #69,103 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how commitment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He's got a lot of commitments.
  2. “Hillary's appointment is a sign to friend and foe of the seriousness of my commitment to renew American diplomacy and restore our alliances.”

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?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "commitment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list