# Kraken vs kranken

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Kraken
*noun · IPA [ˈkʁaːkn̩] · frequency rank #44,022*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Krake

### kranken
*verb · IPA [ˈkʁaŋkn̩] · frequency rank #5,507*
intransitiv, mit der Präposition an, Hilfsverb haben:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/kraken-vs-kranken