Kommune
[kɔˈmuːnə]
The verdict
“Kommune” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,233 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,233
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - städtische politische und Rechtsgemeinschaft, die sich außerhalb der umgebenden feudalen Hörigkeitsverbände konstituiert
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kommune |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔˈmuːnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kommune” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kommune is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔˈmuːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,233 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kommune, with forms such as "kkommune", "kmomune", and "kommnue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Kommunen", "komme", "kommen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kommune, spelled K-O-M-M-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1städtische politische und Rechtsgemeinschaft, die sich außerhalb der umgebenden feudalen Hörigkeitsverbände konstituiert
- 2die unterste räumlich-administrative Gebietskörperschaft
- 3Aufstandsregierungen in der Stadt Paris während zweier Revolutionen (die "commune insurrectionelle" von 1792; die Pariser Kommune von 1871)
- 4die politische Bewegung des Kommunismus
- 5außerfamiliäre Wohn- oder Lebensgemeinschaft
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkommune,kmomune,kommnue,kommuen,komumne,komune,okmmune
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kommune - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Kommune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-M-M-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔˈmuːnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Kommunen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Kommune vs Kommunen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.