Kronleuchter
[ˈkʁoːnˌlɔɪ̯çtɐ]
The verdict
“Kronleuchter” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #37,633 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,633
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - großer, aufwendig gestalteter Leuchter mit mehreren/vielen Lichtquellen, der an der Decke des Raums befestigt ist und ein festliches Licht ausstrahlt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kronleuchter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁoːnˌlɔɪ̯çtɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #37,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kronleuchter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kronleuchter is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁoːnˌlɔɪ̯çtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,633 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "großer, aufwendig gestalteter Leuchter mit mehreren/vielen Lichtquellen, der an der Decke des Raums befestigt ist und ein festliches Licht ausstrahlt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kronleuchter, with forms such as "kkronleuchter", "kornleuchter", and "krnoleuchter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Kronleuchter, spelled K-R-O-N-L-E-U-C-H-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1großer, aufwendig gestalteter Leuchter mit mehreren/vielen Lichtquellen, der an der Decke des Raums befestigt ist und ein festliches Licht ausstrahlt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkronleuchter,kornleuchter,krnoleuchter,krolneuchter,kroneluchter,kronlecuhter,kronleucchter,kronleuchetr,kronleuchhter,kronleuchterr,kronleuchtre,kronleuchtter,kronleucther,kronleuhcter,kronlleuchter,kronluechter,kronnleuchter,krronleuchter,rkonleuchter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kronleuchter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Kronleuchter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-O-N-L-E-U-C-H-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʁoːnˌlɔɪ̯çtɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.