Krain

[kʁaɪ̯n]

/[kʁaɪ̯n]/ name

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The verdict

“Krain” is uncommon German (frequency #58,030 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,030
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landschaft in Slowenien an der Grenze zwischen Ostalpen und Karst

Corpus desk

Index DE-krain · Krain · German

Krain · rank #58,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,030
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kostspieligen

Nearest frequency peer: kostspieligen (-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 „Krain“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krain
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrain
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kʁaɪ̯n]
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,030
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Krain“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „kostspieligen“ (#58,029), „Korridore“ (#58,028), „Krankengeschichte“ (#58,032). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Krain“ bei #58,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krain is uncommon German at frequency #58,030 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kʁaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Landschaft in Slowenien an der Grenze zwischen Ostalpen und Karst".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Krain, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Krain, spelled K-R-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Landschaft in Slowenien an der Grenze zwischen Ostalpen und Karst

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Nach der Abkoppelung von Kärnten um 1002 wurde die Krain eine selbstständige Grenzmark mit eigenen Markgrafen.“

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 "Krain"?
"Krain" is spelled K-R-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁaɪ̯n].
What does "Krain" mean?
As a proper noun, "Krain" means: Landschaft in Slowenien an der Grenze zwischen Ostalpen und Karst
How do you pronounce "Krain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krain" is [kʁaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Krain" come from?
"Krain" 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 "Krain", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Laila#58,045laude#58,047Leuna#58,054Kaufs#58,004

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list