Krebsen
[ˈkʁeːpsn̩]
The verdict
“Krebsen” is uncommon German (frequency #93,178 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,178
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Krebs
Corpus desk
Index DE-krebsen · Krebsen · German
Krebsen · rank #93,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,178
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Krankenpflege…
Nearest frequency peer: Krankenpflegerin (-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 „Krebsen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kraftvolles
kraftvolles
6,826 corpus weight
- Krankenpfle…
Krankenpflegerin
6,824 corpus weight
- Krebsen
Krebsen
6,823 corpus weight
- Kreuztal
Kreuztal
6,822 corpus weight
- Kriemhild
Kriemhild
6,821 corpus weight
- Kriminalist…
Kriminalisten
6,820 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Krebsen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krebsen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁeːpsn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Krebsen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Krebsen is uncommon German at frequency #93,178 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁeːpsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Krebs".
Zero misspellings are on record for Krebsen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Krebsen, spelled K-R-E-B-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Krebs
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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