Chronos

[ˈkʁoːnɔs]

/[ˈkʁoːnɔs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Chronos” is uncommon German (frequency #75,496 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,496
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gott der Zeit der griechischen Mythologie

Corpus desk

Index DE-chronos · Chronos · German

Chronos · rank #75,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,496
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chefredakteure

Nearest frequency peer: Chefredakteure (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Chronos“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Chronos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chronos
PropertyValue
HeadwordChronos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁoːnɔs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,496
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Chronos“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Chronosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Chefredakteure“ (#75,495), „cleveres“ (#75,498), „coconut“ (#75,499). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Chronos“ bei #75,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chronos is uncommon German at frequency #75,496 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁoːnɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gott der Zeit der griechischen Mythologie".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chronos, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Chronos, spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gott der Zeit der griechischen Mythologie

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Chronos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bei den alten Griechen zählte Chronos zu den wichtigeren Göttern.

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chronos"?
"Chronos" is spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁoːnɔs].
What does "Chronos" mean?
As a noun, "Chronos" means: Gott der Zeit der griechischen Mythologie
How do you pronounce "Chronos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chronos" is [ˈkʁoːnɔs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chronos" come from?
"Chronos" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chronos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coconut#75,499brownie#75,480bissige#75,469Dominas#75,536

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list