Krüger
[ˈkʁyːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Krüger” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,758. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,758
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inhaber eines Kruges (eines Lokals)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kruger · Krüger · German
Krüger · rank #9,758 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,758
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Kronen
Nearest frequency peer: Kronen (-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 “Krüger”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Krankenhäus…
Krankenhäuser
90,246 corpus weight
- kritisierte
kritisierte
90,245 corpus weight
- Kronen
Kronen
90,244 corpus weight
- Krüger
Krüger
90,243 corpus weight
- Kunstwerke
Kunstwerke
90,242 corpus weight
- Landeshaupt…
Landeshauptstadt
90,241 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Krüger” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krüger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁyːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Krüger” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Krüger (IPA [ˈkʁyːɡɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,758 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inhaber eines Kruges (eines Lokals)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Krüger, with forms such as "kkrüger", "krgüer", and "krrüger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Kugel", "Kruse", "Krümel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Krüger, spelled K-R-Ü-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Inhaber eines Kruges (eines Lokals)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkrüger
- krgüer
- krrüger
- krüegr
- krügerr
- krügger
- krügre
- kürger
- rküger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Krüger - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Krüger", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.