Komödiant
[komøˈdi̯ant]
The verdict
“Komödiant” is uncommon German (frequency #86,705 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,705
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schauspieler (heute besonders in einer Komödie)
Corpus desk
Index DE-komodiant · Komödiant · German
Komödiant · rank #86,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,705
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kongressabgeo…
Nearest frequency peer: Kongressabgeordneter (+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 „Komödiant“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kochschule
Kochschule
13,300 corpus weight
- Kochshow
Kochshow
13,299 corpus weight
- Komödiant
Komödiant
13,296 corpus weight
- Kongressabg…
Kongressabgeordneter
13,295 corpus weight
- konsonant
konsonant
13,294 corpus weight
- Konsumgütern
Konsumgütern
13,293 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Komödiant“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Komödiant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [komøˈdi̯ant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Komödiant“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Komödiant is uncommon German at frequency #86,705 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [komøˈdi̯ant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Komödiant has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Komödiant, spelled K-O-M-Ö-D-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Schauspieler (heute besonders in einer Komödie)
- 2Person, die anderen theatralisch bestimmte Empfindungen vorspielt/vortäuscht
- 3Kleinkünstler, der humoristische Darbietungen präsentiert
- 4Person, die andere erheitert; lustiger Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Komödiant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gegen Abend verließ ich Otranto mit zwanzig Komödianten und sechs großen Kisten, die alles enthielten, was sie für die Aufführung ihrer Possen brauchten.“
„In Inö waren zwei Kommödianten erschienen, auf einer Schaustellertour durch den Archipel.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).