# frank

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɹæŋk/ · frequency rank #1,828

## Definitions
1. Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
2. Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
3. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
4. Liberal; generous; profuse.
5. Unrestrained; loose; licentious.

## Etymology
From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.

## Easily confused with
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-funk)
- **fray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-fray)
- **frat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frat)
- **Frau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frau)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-front)
- **fraud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-fraud)
- **freak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-freak)
- **Franz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-franz)
- **frick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frick)
- **frisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frisk)
- **frock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frock)
- **Frans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frans)
- **frankly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frankly)
- **Frankie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frankie)
- **Franken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-franken)
- **fan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fan-vs-frank)
- **fra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fra-vs-frank)
- **fans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fans-vs-frank)
- **Fran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fran-vs-frank)
- **fang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fang-vs-frank)

## Common misspellings (8)
`farnk`, `ffrank`, `frakn`, `frankk`, `frannk`, `frnak`, `frrank`, `rfank`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/frank