kerb
[kɛʁp]
The verdict
“kerb” is uncommon German (frequency #90,503 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,503
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kerben
Corpus desk
Index DE-kerb · kerb · German
kerb · rank #90,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,503
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kautsky
Nearest frequency peer: Kautsky (-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 „kerb“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kategorische
kategorische
9,502 corpus weight
- Katharinas
Katharinas
9,501 corpus weight
- kauert
kauert
9,500 corpus weight
- Kautsky
Kautsky
9,499 corpus weight
- kerb
kerb
9,498 corpus weight
- Kernaufgabe
Kernaufgabe
9,497 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kerb“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kerb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɛʁp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kerb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kerb is uncommon German at frequency #90,503 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kɛʁp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kerben".
kerb has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 kerb, spelled K-E-R-B.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kerben
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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