Kriechpflanze
[ˈkʁiːçˌp͡flant͡sə]
The verdict
“Kriechpflanze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - am Boden wachsende, sich nicht nach oben ausbreitende Pflanze
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kriechpflanze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁiːçˌp͡flant͡sə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kriechpflanze” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kriechpflanze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁiːçˌp͡flant͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Boden wachsende, sich nicht nach oben ausbreitende Pflanze".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kriechpflanze in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Kriechpflanze, spelled K-R-I-E-C-H-P-F-L-A-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1am Boden wachsende, sich nicht nach oben ausbreitende Pflanze
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kriechpflanze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-I-E-C-H-P-F-L-A-N-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʁiːçˌp͡flant͡sə] (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.