Kreide
[ˈkʁaɪ̯də]
The verdict
“Kreide” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,959 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,959
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weicher, weißer Kalkstein (Hauptbestandteil Kalziumkarbonat)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kreide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaɪ̯də] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kreide” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kreide is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁaɪ̯də]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,959 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kreide, with forms such as "keride", "kkreide", and "kredie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Kreis", "Krise", "kreise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kreide, spelled K-R-E-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1weicher, weißer Kalkstein (Hauptbestandteil Kalziumkarbonat)
- 2ein Stück (meist gemahlene und gepresste) Kreide^([1]) zum Malen, Schreiben und Zeichnen
- 3einer Kreide^([2]) ähnelnder Schreib- und Malstift aus anderem Material
- 4das Erdzeitalter von 145 bis 62 Millionen Jahren, in dem die Kreide^([1]) entstand und an dessen Ende die Dinosaurier ausstarben; ihm ging der Jura voraus und es folgte ihm das Tertiär
- 5Schulden
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: keride,kkreide,kredie,kreidde,kreied,kriede,krreide,rkeide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kreide - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Kreide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-E-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʁaɪ̯də] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Kreis” - see the side-by-side comparison. Kreide vs Kreis
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.