condottiere
/ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/
"condottiere" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“condottiere” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
| 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) |
Where “condottiere” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for condottiere is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “condottiere”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-D-O-T-T-I-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkɔn.dɔtˈjɛɹ.eɪ/ (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.