krank
\ˈkʀaŋk\
The verdict
“krank” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-krank · krank · French
krank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | krank |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈkʀaŋk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « krank » en français
Rare enough to double-check
krank is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈkʀaŋk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for krank in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 krank, spelled K-R-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Malade.
- 2Tordu, insensé, absurde.
- 3Blesse par un projectile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er muss im Bett liegen, weil er krank ist.
Kaffee galt (...) lange als gesundheitsschädlich, wie ein bis heute populärer Kanon aus dem 19. Jahrhundert nahelegt, in dem vor den furchtbaren Folgen des Konsums gewarnt wird. Das beliebte Aufputschmittel „schwächt die Nerven, macht dich blass und krank“, heißt es in dem Lied.
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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.