krav
[kraːw]
The verdict
“krav” is uncommon German (frequency #97,258 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,258
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Dual des Substantivs krava
Corpus desk
Index DE-krav · krav · German
krav · rank #97,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,258
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kraul
Nearest frequency peer: kraul (-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 „krav“
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 „krav“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | krav |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kraːw] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „krav“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
krav is uncommon German at frequency #97,258 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kraːw]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for krav in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is krav, spelled K-R-A-V.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Dual des Substantivs krava
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs krava
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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