kraul
[kʁaʊ̯l]
The verdict
“kraul” is uncommon German (frequency #97,257 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,257
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kraulen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kraul · kraul · German
kraul · rank #97,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,257
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kosename
Nearest frequency peer: Kosename (-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 „kraul“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kopfrechnen
Kopfrechnen
2,747 corpus weight
- Kosename
Kosename
2,745 corpus weight
- kraul
kraul
2,744 corpus weight
- krav
krav
2,743 corpus weight
- Kreditzinsen
Kreditzinsen
2,742 corpus weight
- Kriminologe
Kriminologe
2,740 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kraul“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kraul“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kraul is uncommon German at frequency #97,257 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kʁaʊ̯l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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