küren
[ˈkyːʁən]
The verdict
“küren” is uncommon German (frequency #66,420 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,420
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auswählen, eine Entscheidung für etwas treffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-kuren · küren · German
küren · rank #66,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,420
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 55,078
- PHOTO-FINISH Küstrin
Nearest frequency peer: Küstrin (+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 “küren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kurzweil
Kurzweil
33,585 corpus weight
- Käfern
Käfern
33,583 corpus weight
- küren
küren
33,581 corpus weight
- Küstrin
Küstrin
33,580 corpus weight
- Ladendieb
Ladendieb
33,578 corpus weight
- Ladenlokal
Ladenlokal
33,577 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “küren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | küren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkyːʁən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “küren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
küren is uncommon German at frequency #66,420 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
küren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 küren, spelled K-Ü-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1auswählen, eine Entscheidung für etwas treffen
- 2jemandem einen Titel verleihen; eine von einer Jury vergebene Auszeichnung verleihen
- 3einen Amtsträger, zum Beispiel einen Kaiser durch die Kurfürsten wählen
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 "küren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.