Kohlrabi

[koːlˈʁaːbi]

/[koːlˈʁaːbi]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kohlrabi” is uncommon German (frequency #56,279 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,279
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gemüsepflanze mit knollenförmig verdicktem Spross

Corpus desk

Index DE-kohlrabi · Kohlrabi · German

Kohlrabi · rank #56,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,279
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kognitiver

Nearest frequency peer: kognitiver (-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 „Kohlrabi“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kohlrabi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kohlrabi
PropertyValue
HeadwordKohlrabi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koːlˈʁaːbi]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,279
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kohlrabi“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kohlrabifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kognitiver“ (#56,278), „kognitiv“ (#56,277), „Konsultationen“ (#56,281). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kohlrabi“ bei #56,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kohlrabi is uncommon German at frequency #56,279 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koːlˈʁaːbi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gemüsepflanze mit knollenförmig verdicktem Spross".

Kohlrabi has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kohlrabi, spelled K-O-H-L-R-A-B-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gemüsepflanze mit knollenförmig verdicktem Spross

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kohlrabi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Im Garten stehen noch einige Kohlköpfe und Kohlrabis
  2. Kohlrabi kann man gekocht oder als Rohkost verzehren.

Synonyms

OberkohlrabiOberrübeRübkohlStängelrübeKohlrübe

This word in other languages

kohlrabi(English)colirrábano(Español)chou-rave(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kohlrabi"?
"Kohlrabi" is spelled K-O-H-L-R-A-B-I. The IPA pronunciation is [koːlˈʁaːbi].
What does "Kohlrabi" mean?
As a noun, "Kohlrabi" means: Gemüsepflanze mit knollenförmig verdicktem Spross
How do you pronounce "Kohlrabi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kohlrabi" is [koːlˈʁaːbi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kohlrabi" come from?
"Kohlrabi" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kohlrabi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kognitiv#56,277knifflig#56,272Lübbenau#56,329härteres#56,225

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list