Generalkonsul

[ɡenəˈʁaːlkɔnˌzʊl]

/[ɡenəˈʁaːlkɔnˌzʊl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Generalkonsul” is uncommon German (frequency #52,881 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,881
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ranghöchster Konsul, Leiter eines Generalkonsulats

Corpus desk

Index DE-generalkonsul · Generalkonsul · German

Generalkonsul · rank #52,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,881
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geplaudert

Nearest frequency peer: geplaudert (+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 „Generalkonsul“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Generalkonsul
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeneralkonsul
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡenəˈʁaːlkɔnˌzʊl]
Letters13
Frequency rank#52,881
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Generalkonsul“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Generalkonsulfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geplaudert“ (#52,882), „Gerichtskosten“ (#52,883), „gekracht“ (#52,878). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Generalkonsul“ bei #52,881. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Generalkonsul is uncommon German at frequency #52,881 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡenəˈʁaːlkɔnˌzʊl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ranghöchster Konsul, Leiter eines Generalkonsulats".

Generalkonsul doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Generalkonsul, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-K-O-N-S-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    ranghöchster Konsul, Leiter eines Generalkonsulats

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Alle Interessenten wurden an das Generalkonsulat der Südafrikanischen Republik in Paris verwiesen, wo Generalkonsul Johannes Pierson, ein Neffe des niederländischen Premierministers, ihnen alle nötigen Auskünfte erteilte.“

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 "Generalkonsul"?
"Generalkonsul" is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-K-O-N-S-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡenəˈʁaːlkɔnˌzʊl].
What does "Generalkonsul" mean?
As a noun, "Generalkonsul" means: ranghöchster Konsul, Leiter eines Generalkonsulats
How do you pronounce "Generalkonsul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Generalkonsul" is [ɡenəˈʁaːlkɔnˌzʊl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Generalkonsul" come from?
"Generalkonsul" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list