Kronkorken
[ˈkʁoːnˌkɔʁkn̩]
The verdict
“Kronkorken” is uncommon German (frequency #78,217 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,217
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - rundes, am Rand gezacktes Blechstück, das zum Verschluss von Flaschen dient
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kronkorken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁoːnˌkɔʁkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kronkorken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kronkorken is uncommon German at frequency #78,217 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁoːnˌkɔʁkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rundes, am Rand gezacktes Blechstück, das zum Verschluss von Flaschen dient".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Kronkorken, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kronkorken, spelled K-R-O-N-K-O-R-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1rundes, am Rand gezacktes Blechstück, das zum Verschluss von Flaschen dient
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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 “Kronkorken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-O-N-K-O-R-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.