credo

/[kʁe.do]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,949

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

credo is aGermannoun. It means: Glaubensbekenntnis Pronounced [kʁe.do]. Often confused with crew and creek.

Key facts for credo
PropertyValue
Headwordcredo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʁe.do]
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,949
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of credo in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for credo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁe.do]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,949 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Glaubensbekenntnis".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for credo, with forms such as "ccredo", "cerdo", and "crdeo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "crew", "creek", "crews", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is credo, spelled C-R-E-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Glaubensbekenntnis

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccredo,cerdo,crdeo,creddo,creod,crredo,rcedo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for credo

Misspelling Variants of "credo"

ccredo6cerdo5crdeo5creddo6creod5crredo6rcedo5
Misspelling Variants of "credo"

Frequency rank: #25,949 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "credo"?
"credo" is spelled C-R-E-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁe.do].
What does "credo" mean?
As a noun, "credo" means: Glaubensbekenntnis
What words are commonly confused with "credo"?
"credo" is commonly confused with "crew", "creek", "crews". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "credo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "credo" is [kʁe.do]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "credo" come from?
"credo" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.