krona
/ˈkɹəʊnə/
"krona" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“krona” is uncommon English (frequency #73,354 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,354
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The official currency of Sweden.
Corpus desk
Index EN-krona · krona · English
krona · rank #73,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,354
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kristie
Nearest frequency peer: Kristie (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “krona”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kole
Kole
26,652 corpus weight
- Kristie
Kristie
26,648 corpus weight
- krona
krona
26,647 corpus weight
- Krupa
Krupa
26,646 corpus weight
- Krystle
Krystle
26,645 corpus weight
- Kuk
Kuk
26,641 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “krona” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | krona |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹəʊnə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “krona” in English
Rare enough to double-check
krona is uncommon English at frequency #73,354 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹəʊnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The official currency of Sweden.".
No misspelling variants are generated for krona in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Swedish krona (“crown”). Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, króna, and krone. The correct English form is krona, spelled K-R-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1The official currency of Sweden.
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish krona (“crown”). Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, króna, and krone.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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