Krücke
[ˈkʁʏkə]
The verdict
“Krücke” is an uncommon German word, ranked #52,220 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,220
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit einem Handgriff versehener Stock für an den Beinen verletzte oder gehbehinderte Personen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krücke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁʏkə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Krücke” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Krücke is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʁʏkə]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,220 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Krücke in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 Krücke, spelled K-R-Ü-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1mit einem Handgriff versehener Stock für an den Beinen verletzte oder gehbehinderte Personen
- 2ein Hilfsmittel
- 3ein langsamer Mensch
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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 “Krücke”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-R-Ü-C-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.