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 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,947
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A supply of food.
| 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) |
Where “commissariat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
commissariat is uncommon English at frequency #57,947 among 43,570 “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.
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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Using “commissariat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-R-I-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.