fraktur
/ˈfɹæktuːɹ/
"fraktur" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fraktur” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fraktur · fraktur · English
fraktur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | fraktur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fraktur” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fraktur is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fraktur, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture. The correct English form is fraktur, spelled F-R-A-K-T-U-R.
Definition
- 1A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
- 2A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolor illustration and fraktur lettering.
Etymology
1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture.
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.