Krankentransport
[ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt]
The verdict
“Krankentransport” is uncommon German (frequency #80,583 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,583
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Transport von Kranken
Corpus desk
Index DE-krankentransport · Krankentransport · German
Krankentransport · rank #80,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,583
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kostbarkeit
Nearest frequency peer: Kostbarkeit (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Krankentransport”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Korrosionss…
Korrosionsschutz
19,423 corpus weight
- kosmischer
kosmischer
19,422 corpus weight
- Kostbarkeit
Kostbarkeit
19,420 corpus weight
- Krankentran…
Krankentransport
19,418 corpus weight
- Kreidezeit
Kreidezeit
19,415 corpus weight
- kreischend
kreischend
19,414 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Krankentransport” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krankentransport |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #80,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Krankentransport” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Krankentransport is uncommon German at frequency #80,583 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaŋkn̩tʁansˌpɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Transport von Kranken".
Krankentransport doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Krankentransport, spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1der Transport von Kranken
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Krankentransport", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.