frank und frei
[fʁaŋk ʊnt fʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“frank und frei” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - offen und ehrlich, geradeheraus
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frank und frei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [fʁaŋk ʊnt fʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frank und frei” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for frank und frei is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʁaŋk ʊnt fʁaɪ̯]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "offen und ehrlich, geradeheraus".
No misspelling variants are generated for frank und frei in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is frank und frei, spelled F-R-A-N-K- -U-N-D- -F-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1offen und ehrlich, geradeheraus
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.
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Using “frank und frei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-R-A-N-K- -U-N-D- -F-R-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fʁaŋk ʊnt fʁaɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.