House of Commons

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The verdict

“House of Commons” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jene der beiden Kammern des britischen oder kanadischen Parlaments, deren Besetzung vom Volk gewählt wird

Key facts for House of Commons
PropertyValue
HeadwordHouse of Commons
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “House of Commons” sits in German frequency

House of Commons falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for House of Commons is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. 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: "jene der beiden Kammern des britischen oder kanadischen Parlaments, deren Besetzung vom Volk gewählt wird".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for House of Commons, 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is House of Commons, spelled H-O-U-S-E- -O-F- -C-O-M-M-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    jene der beiden Kammern des britischen oder kanadischen Parlaments, deren Besetzung vom Volk gewählt wird

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "House of Commons"?
"House of Commons" is spelled H-O-U-S-E- -O-F- -C-O-M-M-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "House of Commons" mean?
As a noun, "House of Commons" means: jene der beiden Kammern des britischen oder kanadischen Parlaments, deren Besetzung vom Volk gewählt wird
How do you pronounce "House of Commons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "House of Commons" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "House of Commons" come from?
"House of Commons" 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 “House of Commons”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is H-O-U-S-E- -O-F- -C-O-M-M-O-N-S - 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.
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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.

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

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