Kommando

/[kɔˈmando]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,315

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Kommando is aGermannoun. It means: Befehlsgewalt Pronounced [kɔˈmando]. It ranks #6,315 in German word frequency. Often confused with kommend and Kommende.

Key facts for Kommando
PropertyValue
HeadwordKommando
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔˈmando]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,315
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kommando in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kommando is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔˈmando]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,315 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kommando, with forms such as "kkommando", "kmomando", and "komamndo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "kommend", "Kommende", "Kommandos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Kommando, spelled K-O-M-M-A-N-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Befehlsgewalt
  2. 2
    kleine Gruppe von (speziell ausgebildeten) Soldaten
  3. 3
    Befehl
  4. 4
    Befehl
  5. 5
    Dienststelle ab Brigadeebene, die nachgeordnete Truppen führt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kkommando,kmomando,komamndo,komando,kommadno,kommanddo,kommanndo,kommanod,kommnado,okmmando

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kommando

Misspelling Variants of "Kommando"

kkommando9kmomando8komamndo8komando7kommadno8kommanddo9kommanndo9kommanod8
Misspelling Variants of "Kommando"

Frequency rank: #6,315 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kommando"?
"Kommando" is spelled K-O-M-M-A-N-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔˈmando].
What does "Kommando" mean?
As a noun, "Kommando" means: Befehlsgewalt
What words are commonly confused with "Kommando"?
"Kommando" is commonly confused with "kommend", "Kommende", "Kommandos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kommando"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kommando" is [kɔˈmando]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kommando" come from?
"Kommando" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.