kohlrabi
/koʊlˈɹɑb.i/
"kohlrabi" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kohlrabi” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kohlrabi · kohlrabi · English
kohlrabi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | kohlrabi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /koʊlˈɹɑb.i/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kohlrabi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kohlrabi is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /koʊlˈɹɑb.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.".
Zero misspellings are on record for kohlrabi in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Kohlrabi, from Kohl (“cabbage”) + Italian rape (“turnips”), from cavoli rape, the plural of cavolo rapa (“cole rape”). The correct English form is kohlrabi, spelled K-O-H-L-R-A-B-I.
Definition
- 1Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kohlrabi, from Kohl (“cabbage”) + Italian rape (“turnips”), from cavoli rape, the plural of cavolo rapa (“cole rape”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.