kraul
[kʁaʊ̯l]
The verdict
“kraul” is an uncommon German word, ranked #97,257 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #97,257
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kraulen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kraul |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kʁaʊ̯l] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kraul” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kraul is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁaʊ̯l]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,257 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kraulen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kraul, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kraul, spelled K-R-A-U-L.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kraulen
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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Using “kraul”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-A-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.