Krösus
[ˈkʁøːzus]
The verdict
“Krösus” is uncommon German (frequency #80,593 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,593
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sehr reicher, wohlhabender Mensch
Corpus desk
Index DE-krosus · Krösus · German
Krösus · rank #80,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,593
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH krümmt
Nearest frequency peer: krümmt (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Krösus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Krippenspiel
Krippenspiel
19,412 corpus weight
- Kronjuwelen
Kronjuwelen
19,410 corpus weight
- Krösus
Krösus
19,408 corpus weight
- krümmt
krümmt
19,407 corpus weight
- Kubik
Kubik
19,406 corpus weight
- kubischen
kubischen
19,405 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Krösus” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krösus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁøːzus] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Krösus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Krösus is uncommon German at frequency #80,593 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁøːzus]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr reicher, wohlhabender Mensch".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Krösus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Krösus, spelled K-R-Ö-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1sehr reicher, wohlhabender Mensch
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This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Krösus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.