Common Sense

/[ˌkɔmənˈsɛns]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Common Sense is aGermannoun. It means: normaler, klarer Verstand; rationales Urteilsvermögen; Verständnis für das Gemeinwohl Pronounced [ˌkɔmənˈsɛns].

Key facts for Common Sense
PropertyValue
HeadwordCommon Sense
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌkɔmənˈsɛns]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Common Sense is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Common Sense is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌkɔmənˈsɛns]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "normaler, klarer Verstand; rationales Urteilsvermögen; Verständnis für das Gemeinwohl".

No misspelling variants are generated for Common Sense in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 German form is Common Sense, spelled C-O-M-M-O-N- -S-E-N-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    normaler, klarer Verstand; rationales Urteilsvermögen; Verständnis für das Gemeinwohl

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Common Sense"?
"Common Sense" is spelled C-O-M-M-O-N- -S-E-N-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌkɔmənˈsɛns].
What does "Common Sense" mean?
As a noun, "Common Sense" means: normaler, klarer Verstand; rationales Urteilsvermögen; Verständnis für das Gemeinwohl
How do you pronounce "Common Sense"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Common Sense" is [ˌkɔmənˈsɛns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Common Sense" come from?
"Common Sense" is a German 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.