Kraft

/[kʁaft]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#933

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Kraft is aGermannoun. It means: Größe, die je größer desto mehr den Bewegungszustand eines Körpers verändert oder ihn deformiert, und von deren Zustandekommen die Mechanik absehen kann Pronounced [kʁaft]. It ranks #933 in German word frequency. Often confused with Kram and Kran.

Key facts for Kraft
PropertyValue
HeadwordKraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʁaft]
Letters5
Frequency rank#933
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kraft in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kraft is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #933 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kraft, with forms such as "karft", "kkraft", and "krafft". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Kram", "Kran", "krank", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kraft, spelled K-R-A-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Größe, die je größer desto mehr den Bewegungszustand eines Körpers verändert oder ihn deformiert, und von deren Zustandekommen die Mechanik absehen kann
  2. 2
    das menschliche Vermögen (körperliche, schöpferische Kraft)
  3. 3
    etwas den Dingen Innewohnendes
  4. 4
    die Arbeitskraft (eine fähige Kraft sein)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: karft,kkraft,krafft,kraftt,kratf,krfat,krraft,rkaft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kraft

Misspelling Variants of "Kraft"

karft5kkraft6krafft6kraftt6kratf5krfat5krraft6rkaft5
Misspelling Variants of "Kraft"

Frequency rank: #933 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kraft"?
"Kraft" is spelled K-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁaft].
What does "Kraft" mean?
As a noun, "Kraft" means: Größe, die je größer desto mehr den Bewegungszustand eines Körpers verändert oder ihn deformiert, und von deren Zustandekommen die Mechanik absehen kann
What words are commonly confused with "Kraft"?
"Kraft" is commonly confused with "Kram", "Kran", "krank". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kraft" is [kʁaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kraft" come from?
"Kraft" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.