krabbelt

[ˈkʁabl̩t]

/[ˈkʁabl̩t]/ verb

The verdict

“krabbelt” is uncommon German (frequency #69,432 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,432
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs krabbeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-krabbelt · krabbelt · German

krabbelt · rank #69,432 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,432
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Krasnodar

Nearest frequency peer: Krasnodar (+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 „krabbelt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for krabbelt
PropertyValue
Headwordkrabbelt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkʁabl̩t]
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,432
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „krabbelt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Krasnodar“ (#69,433), „Korrespondenzen“ (#69,430), „Krebstherapie“ (#69,434). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „krabbelt“ bei #69,432. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

krabbelt is uncommon German at frequency #69,432 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkʁabl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for krabbelt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is krabbelt, spelled K-R-A-B-B-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs krabbeln
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs krabbeln
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs krabbeln
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs krabbeln

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 "krabbelt"?
"krabbelt" is spelled K-R-A-B-B-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁabl̩t].
What does "krabbelt" mean?
As a verb, "krabbelt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs krabbeln
How do you pronounce "krabbelt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "krabbelt" is [ˈkʁabl̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "krabbelt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list