Krampus
/ˈkɹɑmpəs/
"krampus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Krampus” is uncommon English (frequency #67,575 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,575
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A beast in the folklore of Alpine countries, said to punish misbehaving children during the Christmas season.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krampus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹɑmpəs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Krampus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Krampus is uncommon English at frequency #67,575 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkɹɑmpəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A beast in the folklore of Alpine countries, said to punish misbehaving children during the Christmas season.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Krampus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Krampus (q.v.). The correct English form is Krampus, spelled K-R-A-M-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1A beast in the folklore of Alpine countries, said to punish misbehaving children during the Christmas season.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Krampus (q.v.).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Krampus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-R-A-M-P-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.