Krebs
/kʀeːps/
The verdict
“Krebs” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,020 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,020
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caranguejo
Corpus desk
Index PT-krebs · Krebs · Portuguese
Krebs · rank #58,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,020
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH koko
Nearest frequency peer: koko (-2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Krebs”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- intuitivame…
intuitivamente
42,005 corpus weight
- ish
ish
42,001 corpus weight
- koko
koko
41,983 corpus weight
- Krebs
Krebs
41,981 corpus weight
- length
length
41,971 corpus weight
- Lombardia
Lombardia
41,966 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Krebs” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krebs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kʀeːps/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Krebs” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Krebs is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,020 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kʀeːps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "caranguejo".
Krebs doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is Krebs, spelled K-R-E-B-S.
Definition
- 1caranguejo
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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