frankieren
[fʁaŋˈkiːʁən]
The verdict
“frankieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Postwertzeichen auf eine Postsendung kleben
Corpus desk
Index DE-frankieren · frankieren · German
frankieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | frankieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fʁaŋˈkiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „frankieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
frankieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fʁaŋˈkiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Postwertzeichen auf eine Postsendung kleben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for frankieren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is frankieren, spelled F-R-A-N-K-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Postwertzeichen auf eine Postsendung kleben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frankieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er half ihr, die vielen Hochzeitseinladungen zu frankieren.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.