crux
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The verdict
“crux” is uncommon German (frequency #56,046 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,046
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Holz zur Marter, das Kreuz
Corpus desk
Index DE-crux · crux · German
crux · rank #56,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,046
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Consultants
Nearest frequency peer: Consultants (-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 „crux“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- conseil
conseil
43,959 corpus weight
- constable
constable
43,958 corpus weight
- Consultants
Consultants
43,956 corpus weight
- crux
crux
43,955 corpus weight
- Cybermobbing
Cybermobbing
43,954 corpus weight
- Dandy
Dandy
43,953 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „crux“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crux |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „crux“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
crux is uncommon German at frequency #56,046 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for crux in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 crux, spelled C-R-U-X.
Definition
- 1das Holz zur Marter, das Kreuz
- 2die Marter am Holz, die Kreuzigung
- 3die Qual
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.
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