condottiere
/ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/
"condottiere" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“condottiere” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-condottiere · condottiere · English
condottiere · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | condottiere |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “condottiere” in English
Rare enough to double-check
condottiere is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.".
condottiere doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”). The correct English form is condottiere, spelled C-O-N-D-O-T-T-I-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how condottiere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Statues of condottieri stood in their airless niches, darkness flaring in their eye sockets and nostrils.
Etymology
From Italian condottiere, from Latin conductus (“assembled, collected”).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.