Kommis

[kɔˈmiː]

/[kɔˈmiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Kommis” is uncommon German (frequency #75,870 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,870
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die im Auftrag anderer an deren Handelsgeschäften mitarbeitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-kommis · Kommis · German

Kommis · rank #75,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,870
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kollegiale

Nearest frequency peer: kollegiale (-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 „Kommis“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kommis
PropertyValue
HeadwordKommis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔˈmiː]
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kommis“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kollegiale“ (#75,869), „Komplementäre“ (#75,871), „Kompott“ (#75,872). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kommis“ bei #75,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kommis is uncommon German at frequency #75,870 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔˈmiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die im Auftrag anderer an deren Handelsgeschäften mitarbeitet".

Kommis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kommis, spelled K-O-M-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die im Auftrag anderer an deren Handelsgeschäften mitarbeitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wenn wir einmal annehmen, dass die zweite Hälfte der Fracht rechtzeitig eintraf und zu den gleichen Konditionen verkauft wurde wie die erste, dann müssen die Brüder Billy und ihr Partner La Croix einigermaßen betroffen dreingeschaut haben, als ihr Kommis die Schlussrechnung aufsetzte.“
  2. „Den Kommis habe ich vorher nach Hause geschickt.“

Synonyms

Handlungsgehilfe

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 "Kommis"?
"Kommis" is spelled K-O-M-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔˈmiː].
What does "Kommis" mean?
As a noun, "Kommis" means: Person, die im Auftrag anderer an deren Handelsgeschäften mitarbeitet
How do you pronounce "Kommis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kommis" is [kɔˈmiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kommis" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list