Krings

[kʁɪŋs]

/[kʁɪŋs]/ name

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The verdict

“Krings” is uncommon German (frequency #70,495 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,495
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Corpus desk

Index DE-krings · Krings · German

Krings · rank #70,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,495
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kriegsopfer

Nearest frequency peer: Kriegsopfer (-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 „Krings“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Krings“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krings
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrings
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kʁɪŋs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,495
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Krings“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Kringsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kriegsopfer“ (#70,494), „kribbelt“ (#70,493), „Kryptographie“ (#70,497). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Krings“ bei #70,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krings is uncommon German at frequency #70,495 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kʁɪŋs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".

Krings has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Krings, spelled K-R-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Krings appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Frau Krings ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
  2. Herr Krings wollte uns kein Interview geben.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Krings"?
"Krings" is spelled K-R-I-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁɪŋs].
What does "Krings" mean?
As a proper noun, "Krings" means: deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
How do you pronounce "Krings"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krings" is [kʁɪŋs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Krings" come from?
"Krings" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Krings", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kramen#70,488Lacken#70,504length#70,514Klause#70,462

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list