krabbeln
[ˈkʁabl̩n]
The verdict
“krabbeln” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,293
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (beim Menschen) auf Händen und Knien fortbewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-krabbeln · krabbeln · German
krabbeln · rank #41,293 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,293
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH KPdSU
Nearest frequency peer: KPdSU (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „krabbeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kopfschuss
Kopfschuss
58,711 corpus weight
- kostengünst…
kostengünstige
58,710 corpus weight
- KPdSU
KPdSU
58,709 corpus weight
- krabbeln
krabbeln
58,708 corpus weight
- Krefelder
Krefelder
58,707 corpus weight
- kreisfreien
kreisfreien
58,706 corpus weight
What this shows „krabbeln“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | krabbeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkʁabl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „krabbeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around krabbeln (IPA [ˈkʁabl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,293 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for krabbeln, with forms such as "karbbeln", "kkrabbeln", and "krabbelln". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Krabben", "kribbeln", "kabeln", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is krabbeln, spelled K-R-A-B-B-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1(beim Menschen) auf Händen und Knien fortbewegen
- 2(Tiere) fortbewegen mit vielen Beinen, die schnell hintereinander auftreten
- 3jemanden krabbeln: jemanden kitzeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krabbeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kleine Kinder lernen erst zu krabbeln, bevor sie gehen können.
Im Wohnzimmer war eine riesige Spinne, aber als ich das Licht angemacht hab', ist sie unter den Schrank gekrabbelt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- karbbeln
- kkrabbeln
- krabbelln
- krabbelnn
- krabbenl
- krabblen
- krabebln
- krabeln
- krbabeln
- krrabbeln
- rkabbeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of krabbeln - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "krabbeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).