krass
\kʁas\
The verdict
“krass” 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) - Gros, grosse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-krass · krass · French
krass · 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 | krass |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁas\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
krass is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kʁas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gros, grosse.".
krass has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is krass, spelled K-R-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Gros, grosse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist ein krasser Widerspruch.
Warum werden derart krasse Verstöße gegen die Regeln der Arbeitssicherheit nicht strenger geahndet?
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.