Mandat

/[manˈdaːt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,418

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Mandat is aGermannoun. It means: Auftrag des Volkes, der Wähler an den Abgeordneten oder die Abgeordnete Pronounced [manˈdaːt]. It ranks #8,418 in German word frequency. Often confused with Monat and Manga.

Key facts for Mandat
PropertyValue
HeadwordMandat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[manˈdaːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,418
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mandat in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mandat is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [manˈdaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,418 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mandat, with forms such as "amndat", "madnat", and "manadt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Monat", "Manga", "Mandy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mandat, spelled M-A-N-D-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Auftrag des Volkes, der Wähler an den Abgeordneten oder die Abgeordnete
  2. 2
    Auftrag an einen Rechtsanwalt
  3. 3
    meist schriftlicher Auftrag, Befehl eines Herrschers an einen Untergebenen
  4. 4
    Auftrag durch ein internationales Gremium an ein Land/eine Ländergruppe, ein bestimmtes Gebiet vertretungsweise zu verwalten

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amndat,madnat,manadt,mandatt,manddat,mandta,manndat,mmandat,mnadat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mandat

Misspelling Variants of "Mandat"

amndat6madnat6manadt6mandatt7manddat7mandta6manndat7mmandat7
Misspelling Variants of "Mandat"

Frequency rank: #8,418 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mandat"?
"Mandat" is spelled M-A-N-D-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [manˈdaːt].
What does "Mandat" mean?
As a noun, "Mandat" means: Auftrag des Volkes, der Wähler an den Abgeordneten oder die Abgeordnete
What words are commonly confused with "Mandat"?
"Mandat" is commonly confused with "Monat", "Manga", "Mandy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mandat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mandat" is [manˈdaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mandat" come from?
"Mandat" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.