komp

[kɔmp]

/[kɔmp]/ noun

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The verdict

“komp” is uncommon German (frequency #79,394 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,394
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hochtechnologische Rechenmaschine; Rechner, Computer

Corpus desk

Index DE-komp · komp · German

komp · rank #79,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,394
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kommunikation…

Nearest frequency peer: Kommunikationssysteme (-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 „komp“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for komp
PropertyValue
Headwordkomp
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔmp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#79,394
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „komp“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kompfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kommunikationssysteme“ (#79,393), „kompliziertere“ (#79,395), „kohärente“ (#79,392). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „komp“ bei #79,394. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

komp is uncommon German at frequency #79,394 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔmp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hochtechnologische Rechenmaschine; Rechner, Computer".

No generated misspelling entries exist for komp in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 komp, spelled K-O-M-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    hochtechnologische Rechenmaschine; Rechner, Computer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ty furt jen čumíš do kompu, měl bys taky jít ven!
  2. Ve volným čase většinou pařím na kompu.

Synonyms

počítačkompíkkomplpécéčkopeckopísíčko

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 "komp"?
"komp" is spelled K-O-M-P. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔmp].
What does "komp" mean?
As a noun, "komp" means: hochtechnologische Rechenmaschine; Rechner, Computer
How do you pronounce "komp"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "komp" is [kɔmp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "komp" come from?
"komp" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

knee#79,389Kors#79,404KPCh#79,407Lais#79,426

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list