Kommandant
\kɔmanˈdant\
The verdict
“Kommandant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commandant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kommandant · Kommandant · French
Kommandant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | Kommandant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔmanˈdant\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Kommandant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔmanˈdant\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commandant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kommandant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Kommandant, spelled K-O-M-M-A-N-D-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Commandant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kommandant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Kommandant der Wache, der ihn vernimmt, ist ein erstaunlich höflicher Mann, aber er verhehlt ihm auch nicht, dass ein bewaffneter Angriff auf einen Polizisten ihm, wenn er volljährig wäre, die Todesstrafe einbringen könnte, und da er noch nicht volljährig ist, mindestens fünf Jahre Strafkolonie.
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.