Kraichgau

[ˈkʁaɪ̯çˌɡaʊ̯]

/[ˈkʁaɪ̯çˌɡaʊ̯]/ name

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The verdict

“Kraichgau” is uncommon German (frequency #70,487 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,487
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landschaft in Baden-Württemberg, die zwischen dem Odenwald und dem Schwarzwald liegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-kraichgau · Kraichgau · German

Kraichgau · rank #70,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,487
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kraftaufwand

Nearest frequency peer: Kraftaufwand (-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 „Kraichgau“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Kraichgau
PropertyValue
HeadwordKraichgau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈkʁaɪ̯çˌɡaʊ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Kraichgau“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Kraichgaufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kraftaufwand“ (#70,486), „kramen“ (#70,488), „Kostenträger“ (#70,484). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kraichgau“ bei #70,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kraichgau is uncommon German at frequency #70,487 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkʁaɪ̯çˌɡaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Landschaft in Baden-Württemberg, die zwischen dem Odenwald und dem Schwarzwald liegt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kraichgau, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Kraichgau, spelled K-R-A-I-C-H-G-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Landschaft in Baden-Württemberg, die zwischen dem Odenwald und dem Schwarzwald liegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Begrenzt wird der südliche Oberrheingraben im Westen durch die Vogesen und im Osten durch den Schwarzwald, die Haardt und der Kraichgau flankieren den mittleren Teil, am Nordende liegt im Westen das Mainzer Becken und im Osten der Odenwald, der Taunus begrenzt den Oberrheingraben nach Norden.“

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 "Kraichgau"?
"Kraichgau" is spelled K-R-A-I-C-H-G-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁaɪ̯çˌɡaʊ̯].
What does "Kraichgau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kraichgau" means: Landschaft in Baden-Württemberg, die zwischen dem Odenwald und dem Schwarzwald liegt
How do you pronounce "Kraichgau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kraichgau" is [ˈkʁaɪ̯çˌɡaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kraichgau" come from?
"Kraichgau" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Komikerin#70,472Lernziele#70,516Kirchlein#70,456Kiesgrube#70,452

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list