Krämpfen
[ˈkʁɛmp͡fn̩]
The verdict
“Krämpfen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,483 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,483
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Krampf
Corpus desk
Index DE-krampfen · Krämpfen · German
Krämpfen · rank #63,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,483
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kreuzband
Nearest frequency peer: Kreuzband (-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 „Krämpfen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Koralle
Koralle
36,521 corpus weight
- Korresponde…
Korrespondentin
36,520 corpus weight
- Kreuzband
Kreuzband
36,519 corpus weight
- Krämpfen
Krämpfen
36,518 corpus weight
- Kuhstall
Kuhstall
36,517 corpus weight
- Kulturleben
Kulturleben
36,516 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Krämpfen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krämpfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁɛmp͡fn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Krämpfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Krämpfen is uncommon German at frequency #63,483 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁɛmp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Krampf".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Krämpfen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Krämpfen, spelled K-R-Ä-M-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Krampf
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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