Konvolut

[kɔnvoˈluːt]

/[kɔnvoˈluːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Konvolut” is uncommon German (frequency #59,801 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,801
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammelband, Sammelmappe; Bündel von Schriftstücken

Corpus desk

Index DE-konvolut · Konvolut · German

Konvolut · rank #59,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,801
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kontrollierter

Nearest frequency peer: kontrollierter (-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 „Konvolut“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Konvolut
PropertyValue
HeadwordKonvolut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔnvoˈluːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,801
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Konvolut“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kontrollierter“ (#59,800), „Konzeptionen“ (#59,802), „Konstrukteure“ (#59,799). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Konvolut“ bei #59,801. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Konvolut is uncommon German at frequency #59,801 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔnvoˈluːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sammelband, Sammelmappe; Bündel von Schriftstücken".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Konvolut in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Konvolut, spelled K-O-N-V-O-L-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sammelband, Sammelmappe; Bündel von Schriftstücken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das zwischen Schwank- und Predigerton, derber Mundart, Volkslied und humanistischer Bildung eigentümlich pendelnde, vor allem zupackend realistisch und farbig erzählte Konvolut aberwitzigster Episoden gehört in die Kategorie der Schelmenromane und zählt zu seinen Vorläufern berühmte Werke wie die »La vraye histoire comique de Francion« (1623/33) von Char…
  2. „Die Sichtung dieser Konvolute werde Robert gewiß wichtige Aufschlüsse gewähren.“

This word in other languages

legajo(Español)

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 "Konvolut"?
"Konvolut" is spelled K-O-N-V-O-L-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnvoˈluːt].
What does "Konvolut" mean?
As a noun, "Konvolut" means: Sammelband, Sammelmappe; Bündel von Schriftstücken
How do you pronounce "Konvolut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Konvolut" is [kɔnvoˈluːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Konvolut" come from?
"Konvolut" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list