Croatia

[krəʊˈeɪʃiə]

/[krəʊˈeɪʃiə]/ noun

The verdict

“Croatia” is uncommon German (frequency #83,821 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,821
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Land im Nord-Balkan in Südosteuropa; Kroatien

Corpus desk

Index DE-croatia · Croatia · German

Croatia · rank #83,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,821
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH crocodile

Nearest frequency peer: crocodile (+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 „Croatia“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Croatia
PropertyValue
HeadwordCroatia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[krəʊˈeɪʃiə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,821
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Croatia“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Croatiafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „crocodile“ (#83,822), „Cranberry“ (#83,819), „cub“ (#83,823). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Croatia“ bei #83,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Croatia is uncommon German at frequency #83,821 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [krəʊˈeɪʃiə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Land im Nord-Balkan in Südosteuropa; Kroatien".

Croatia has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Croatia, spelled C-R-O-A-T-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Land im Nord-Balkan in Südosteuropa; Kroatien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Deputy Prime Minister Milanka Opacic pointed out to reporters on Sunday that Croatia is better prepared for EU accession than many other members have been.“

Synonyms

Republic of Croatia

This word in other languages

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 "Croatia"?
"Croatia" is spelled C-R-O-A-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [krəʊˈeɪʃiə].
What does "Croatia" mean?
As a noun, "Croatia" means: Land im Nord-Balkan in Südosteuropa; Kroatien
How do you pronounce "Croatia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Croatia" is [krəʊˈeɪʃiə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Croatia" come from?
"Croatia" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list