# Krakow

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɹækaʊ/ · frequency rank #35,378

## Definitions
1. A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

## Etymology
From Middle English crakou, crawcow.

## Easily confused with
- **Kraken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kraken-vs-krakow)

## Common misspellings (9)
`karkow`, `kkrakow`, `krakkow`, `krakoww`, `krakwo`, `kraokw`, `krkaow`, `krrakow`, `rkakow`

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