erkranken
\ɛɐ̯ˈkʀaŋkn̩\
The verdict
“erkranken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomber malade, attraper une maladie
Corpus desk
Index FR-erkranken · erkranken · French
erkranken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | erkranken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈkʀaŋkn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
erkranken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈkʀaŋkn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tomber malade, attraper une maladie".
erkranken has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is erkranken, spelled E-R-K-R-A-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tomber malade, attraper une maladie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erkranken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er erkrankte an AIDS.
Erstmals wurde die Legionärskrankheit 1976 diagnostiziert, als einige Teilnehmer einer Tagung von Kriegsveteranen in Philadelphia an einer untypischen Lungenentzündung erkrankten.
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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.