Concierge

[kɔ̃ˈsi̯ɛʁʃ]

/[kɔ̃ˈsi̯ɛʁʃ]/ noun

The verdict

“Concierge” is uncommon German (frequency #53,590 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,590
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mann, der als Hausmeister oder Portier beschäftigt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-concierge · Concierge · German

Concierge · rank #53,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,590
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Communitys

Nearest frequency peer: Communitys (-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 „Concierge“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Concierge
PropertyValue
HeadwordConcierge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔ̃ˈsi̯ɛʁʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Concierge“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Conciergefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Communitys“ (#53,589), „conditions“ (#53,591), „colors“ (#53,588). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Concierge“ bei #53,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Concierge is uncommon German at frequency #53,590 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔ̃ˈsi̯ɛʁʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mann, der als Hausmeister oder Portier beschäftigt ist".

Concierge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Concierge, spelled C-O-N-C-I-E-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mann, der als Hausmeister oder Portier beschäftigt ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es sind wieder Tische zu bekommen, überall, und der Concierge ruft zurück und macht Angebote; es wirkt wie das Ende des Snobismus.“
  2. „Im Hotel umarmte mein Vater gleich den Concierge, der Anatole heißt, furchtbar schielt und viel weiß, vor allem über Verträge, die mein Vater mit Herrn Krabbe schließt.“

This word in other languages

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 "Concierge"?
"Concierge" is spelled C-O-N-C-I-E-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔ̃ˈsi̯ɛʁʃ].
What does "Concierge" mean?
As a noun, "Concierge" means: Mann, der als Hausmeister oder Portier beschäftigt ist
How do you pronounce "Concierge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Concierge" is [kɔ̃ˈsi̯ɛʁʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Concierge" come from?
"Concierge" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list