Kommis
[kɔˈmiː]
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
- Kohlekraftw…
Kohlekraftwerken
24,134 corpus weight
- kollegiale
kollegiale
24,132 corpus weight
- Kommis
Kommis
24,131 corpus weight
- Komplementä…
Komplementäre
24,130 corpus weight
- Kompott
Kompott
24,129 corpus weight
- konfirmiert
konfirmiert
24,128 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kommis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kommis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔˈmiː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kommis“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Person, die im Auftrag anderer an deren Handelsgeschäften mitarbeitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kommis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.“
„Den Kommis habe ich vorher nach Hause geschickt.“
Synonyms
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.
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