concordat
/kənˈkɔːdæt/
"concordat" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concordat” is uncommon English (frequency #77,549 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,549
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | concordat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kənˈkɔːdæt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “concordat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
concordat is uncommon English at frequency #77,549 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kənˈkɔːdæt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for concordat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French concordat, from Latin concordatum. The correct English form is concordat, spelled C-O-N-C-O-R-D-A-T.
Definition
- 1A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.
Etymology
From French concordat, from Latin concordatum.
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 “concordat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-C-O-R-D-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.