frank und frei
[fʁaŋk ʊnt fʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“frank und frei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - offen und ehrlich, geradeheraus
Corpus desk
Index DE-frank-und-frei · frank und frei · German
frank und frei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „frank und frei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
frank und frei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [fʁaŋk ʊnt fʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frank und frei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er sagte ihr frank und frei, was er darüber dachte.
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