crop

[krɒp]

/[krɒp]/ noun

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The verdict

“crop” is uncommon German (frequency #71,215 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,215
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Feldfrucht, Getreide, Saat

Corpus desk

Index DE-crop · crop · German

crop · rank #71,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,215
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH cristal

Nearest frequency peer: cristal (-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 „crop“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crop
PropertyValue
Headwordcrop
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[krɒp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#71,215
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „crop“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cropfällt 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: „cristal“ (#71,214), „Damenmode“ (#71,216), „continue“ (#71,213). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „crop“ bei #71,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crop is uncommon German at frequency #71,215 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [krɒp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for crop in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is crop, spelled C-R-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Feldfrucht, Getreide, Saat
  2. 2
    Bebauung
  3. 3
    Ernte, Ertrag
  4. 4
    Ertrag, Ausbeute
  5. 5
    Menge, Haufen (Sachen oder Personen)
  6. 6
    Kropf (zoologisch: Vogel)
  7. 7
    Peitschenstock, Reitpeitsche, Gerte
  8. 8
    kurzer Haarschnitt, kurzgeschnittenes Haar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "There are at least two considerations which suggest that the development of perennial grain crops will favor a return to small farm agriculture."
  2. "The apple-tree is valued because it bears fruit, and the orchard because the trees give promise of yielding a succession of crops for years to come."

Synonyms

harvestcrawfirst stomage

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 "crop"?
"crop" is spelled C-R-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is [krɒp].
What does "crop" mean?
As a noun, "crop" means: Feldfrucht, Getreide, Saat
How do you pronounce "crop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crop" is [krɒp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crop" come from?
"crop" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dive#71,233Gaze#71,365gems#71,380Ätna#71,040

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list