Halskrause
[ˈhalsˌkʁaʊ̯zə]
The verdict
“Halskrause” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gekräuselter Kragen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halskrause |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalsˌkʁaʊ̯zə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Halskrause” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Halskrause is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalsˌkʁaʊ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gekräuselter Kragen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Halskrause in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Halskrause, spelled H-A-L-S-K-R-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1gekräuselter Kragen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Halskrause”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-L-S-K-R-A-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhalsˌkʁaʊ̯zə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.