Karos
[ˈkaːʁos]
The verdict
“Karos” is uncommon German (frequency #85,430 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,430
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Karo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Karos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaːʁos] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Karos” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Karos is uncommon German at frequency #85,430 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaːʁos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Karos in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Karos, spelled K-A-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Karo
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Karo
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Karo
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Karo
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Karo
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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Using “Karos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-R-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaːʁos] (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
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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.