Kommerzienrat

[kɔˈmɛʁt͡si̯ənˌʁaːt]

/[kɔˈmɛʁt͡si̯ənˌʁaːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Kommerzienrat” is uncommon German (frequency #69,425 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,425
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titel für eine Person der Wirtschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-kommerzienrat · Kommerzienrat · German

Kommerzienrat · rank #69,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,425
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kombiniere

Nearest frequency peer: kombiniere (-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 „Kommerzienrat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kommerzienrat
PropertyValue
HeadwordKommerzienrat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔˈmɛʁt͡si̯ənˌʁaːt]
Letters13
Frequency rank#69,425
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kommerzienrat“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kombiniere“ (#69,424), „Konjugation“ (#69,426), „konnotiert“ (#69,427). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kommerzienrat“ bei #69,425. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kommerzienrat is uncommon German at frequency #69,425 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔˈmɛʁt͡si̯ənˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Titel für eine Person der Wirtschaft".

No misspelling variants are generated for Kommerzienrat in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Kommerzienrat, spelled K-O-M-M-E-R-Z-I-E-N-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titel für eine Person der Wirtschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Herr Hieronymus Mahlhuber war ein anspruchsloser Mann, der sich schon seit länger als fünfzehn Jahren mit dem Titel eines Kommerzienrats und im Besitze eines Ludwigskreuzes nach Gidelsbach zurückgezogen hatte und hier mit einer alten Haushälterin still und ruhig seine Tage verlebte.“
  2. „Der Kommerzienrat begnügte sich mit einem Lächeln, das wiederum mehr an Willy gerichtet war.“

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 "Kommerzienrat"?
"Kommerzienrat" is spelled K-O-M-M-E-R-Z-I-E-N-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔˈmɛʁt͡si̯ənˌʁaːt].
What does "Kommerzienrat" mean?
As a noun, "Kommerzienrat" means: Titel für eine Person der Wirtschaft
How do you pronounce "Kommerzienrat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kommerzienrat" is [kɔˈmɛʁt͡si̯ənˌʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kommerzienrat" come from?
"Kommerzienrat" 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 "Kommerzienrat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list