karg
\kaʁk\
The verdict
“karg” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pauvre, chiche, de faible quantité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-karg · karg · French
karg · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | karg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kaʁk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « karg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
karg is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kaʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for karg in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is karg, spelled K-A-R-G.
Definition
- 1Pauvre, chiche, de faible quantité.
- 2Simple, sans ornement, minable.
- 3Aride, dépourvu de végétation.
- 4Parcimonieux, avare.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how karg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schönheit dieses Landes hat schon viele Menschen in ihren Bann gezogen. Durch Afghanistan rauschen reißende Flüsse, karge, steil abfallende Bergketten reihen sich kilometerweit aneinander, unterbrochen von saftigen, grünen Wiesen.
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.