Vespa crabro
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The verdict
“Vespa crabro” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name der Hornisse
Corpus desk
Index DE-vespa-crabro · Vespa crabro · German
Vespa crabro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vespa crabro |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vespa crabro“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vespa crabro is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name der Hornisse".
Vespa crabro has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists 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 Vespa crabro, spelled V-E-S-P-A- -C-R-A-B-R-O.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name der Hornisse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vespa crabro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hornisse (Vespa crabro) ist die größte aller Wespenarten.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.