Kruste
[ˈkʁʊstə]
The verdict
“Kruste” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,280
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feste, harte Schicht auf einem weichen Körper
Corpus desk
Index DE-kruste · Kruste · German
Kruste · rank #28,280 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,280
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kriegerischen
Nearest frequency peer: kriegerischen (-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 “Kruste”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kopfkissen
Kopfkissen
71,723 corpus weight
- kriegerisch…
kriegerischen
71,722 corpus weight
- Kruste
Kruste
71,721 corpus weight
- Kunsthandwe…
Kunsthandwerk
71,720 corpus weight
- Königinnen
Königinnen
71,719 corpus weight
- künftiger
künftiger
71,718 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kruste” 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 | Kruste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʁʊstə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Kruste” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Kruste (IPA [ˈkʁʊstə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,280 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "feste, harte Schicht auf einem weichen Körper".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kruste, with forms such as "kkruste", "krruste", and "krsute". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Küste", "Küsse", "Künste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kruste, spelled K-R-U-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1feste, harte Schicht auf einem weichen Körper
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kruste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein gutes Brot hat eine knusprige Kruste.
„Außen eine knusprige Kruste, innen ein weicher Teig: So muss Brot für die meisten schmecken.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkruste
- krruste
- krsute
- kruset
- krusste
- krustte
- krutse
- kurste
- rkuste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kruste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kruste", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Kruste". Here's where to go from here.
- "Kruste" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Küste". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #28,280 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "K" letter cohort. K–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.