commissariat
/ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/
"commissariat" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“commissariat” is uncommon English (frequency #57,947 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,947
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A supply of food.
Corpus desk
Index EN-commissariat · commissariat · English
commissariat · rank #57,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,947
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH colonic
Nearest frequency peer: colonic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “commissariat”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- collate
collate
42,057 corpus weight
- Colonia
Colonia
42,056 corpus weight
- colonic
colonic
42,055 corpus weight
- commissariat
commissariat
42,054 corpus weight
- conic
conic
42,051 corpus weight
- consecrate
consecrate
42,050 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “commissariat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commissariat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “commissariat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
commissariat is uncommon English at frequency #57,947 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
commissariat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French commissariat. The correct English form is commissariat, spelled C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-R-I-A-T.
Definition
- 1A supply of food.
- 2The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
- 3A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
- 4A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how commissariat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We gave such dinner-parties as our commissariat allowed; the menu was simplicity itself - " blanket " for every course, cunningly disguised as soup, entree, and, I was going to say, joint.
Etymology
Borrowed from French commissariat.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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