Krake
[ˈkʁaːkə]
The verdict
“Krake” is uncommon German (frequency #53,839 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,839
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meeresbewohner ohne feste Körperform aus der biologischen Gruppe der achtarmigen Tintenfische; Weichtier mit kurzem, sackartigem Körper und langen, um den Mund herum angeordneten Armen mit Saugnäpfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-krake · Krake · German
Krake · rank #53,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,839
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Krankenstation
Nearest frequency peer: Krankenstation (+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 „Krake“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Korfu
Korfu
46,166 corpus weight
- Koriander
Koriander
46,165 corpus weight
- Krake
Krake
46,162 corpus weight
- Krankenstat…
Krankenstation
46,161 corpus weight
- Krankheitsb…
Krankheitsbilder
46,160 corpus weight
- kreisförmig
kreisförmig
46,159 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Krake“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaːkə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Krake“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Krake is uncommon German at frequency #53,839 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Krake, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Krake, spelled K-R-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Meeresbewohner ohne feste Körperform aus der biologischen Gruppe der achtarmigen Tintenfische; Weichtier mit kurzem, sackartigem Körper und langen, um den Mund herum angeordneten Armen mit Saugnäpfen
- 2vielarmiges Seeungeheuer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Krake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Begriff Tintenfisch ist eine Sammelbezeichnung. Er kennzeichnet in der Klasse der Kopffüßer die Unterklasse, zu der Krake, Kalmar, Sepia und Nautilus gehören.
Die acht Fangarme unterscheiden die Gruppe der Kraken von den übrigen zehnarmigen Tintenfischen.
This word in other languages
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
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