Kommodore
[kɔmoˈdoːʁə]
The verdict
“Kommodore” is uncommon German (frequency #84,195 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,195
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Funktionsbezeichnung eines geschwaderführenden Offiziers
Corpus desk
Index DE-kommodore · Kommodore · German
Kommodore · rank #84,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,195
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kommissarisch…
Nearest frequency peer: kommissarischer (-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 „Kommodore“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kochten
kochten
15,810 corpus weight
- kommissaris…
kommissarischer
15,807 corpus weight
- Kommodore
Kommodore
15,806 corpus weight
- Komposita
Komposita
15,805 corpus weight
- komprimieren
komprimieren
15,804 corpus weight
- kompromissl…
kompromisslosen
15,803 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kommodore“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kommodore |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔmoˈdoːʁə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kommodore“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kommodore is uncommon German at frequency #84,195 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmoˈdoːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kommodore, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kommodore, spelled K-O-M-M-O-D-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Funktionsbezeichnung eines geschwaderführenden Offiziers
- 2Funktionsbezeichnung eines geschwaderführenden Offiziers
- 3niedrigster Flaggoffizierrang
- 4Flaggoffizier im Range eines Kommodores
- 5Ehrentitel verdienter Kapitäne
- 6Träger des Titels eines Kommodores
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kommodore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist Kommodore eines Luftwaffengeschwaders.
„Wir anderen zogen mit Kapitän Crane vor Kingston, wo der Kommodore sich uns wieder anschloss und alle erneut zum Niagara segelten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).