crusader
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The verdict
“crusader” is uncommon German (frequency #77,822 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,822
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - (kämpfende) Person, die an einem Kreuzzug teilnahm
Corpus desk
Index DE-crusader · crusader · German
crusader · rank #77,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,822
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH controls
Nearest frequency peer: controls (-4 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “crusader”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Comiczeichn…
Comiczeichner
22,186 corpus weight
- concord
concord
22,184 corpus weight
- controls
controls
22,183 corpus weight
- crusader
crusader
22,179 corpus weight
- dagger
dagger
22,172 corpus weight
- dahlia
dahlia
22,171 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “crusader” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crusader |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crusader” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crusader is uncommon German at frequency #77,822 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for crusader in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 crusader, spelled C-R-U-S-A-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1(kämpfende) Person, die an einem Kreuzzug teilnahm
- 2eine Person, die gegen etwas zu Felde zieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crusader appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"'Palestine!' repeated the Saxon; 'Palestine! how many ears are turned to the tales which dissolute crusaders, or hypocritical pilgrims, bring from that fatal land!'"
„City Councilman James E. Davis was remembered yesterday by a wide cast of New York's political figures as a crusader against violence who did not hesitate to fight the political establishment.“
Synonyms
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crusader", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.