Kreisläufer
[ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
The verdict
“Kreisläufer” is uncommon German (frequency #94,520 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,520
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - am Wurfkreis agierender Spieler
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kreisläufer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kreisläufer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kreisläufer is uncommon German at frequency #94,520 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Wurfkreis agierender Spieler".
Kreisläufer has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Kreisläufer, spelled K-R-E-I-S-L-Ä-U-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1am Wurfkreis agierender Spieler
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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 “Kreisläufer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-E-I-S-L-Ä-U-F-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌlɔɪ̯fɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.