Kraus

Name: Kraus, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Kraus” is uncommon French (frequency #54,681 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,681
frequency rank, French: 737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kraus · Kraus · French

Kraus · rank #54,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #54,681
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 737
PHOTO-FINISH Konan

Nearest frequency peer: Konan (-2 rank slots)

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.

Keira

45,325
kieffer

45,324
knife

45,323
Konan

45,322
Kraus

45,320
Laila

45,316

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Kraus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for Kraus
Property	Value
Headword	Kraus
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#54,681
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Kraus » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Kraustombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#54,681

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Konan » (#54,679), « knife » (#54,678), « kieffer » (#54,677). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kraus » est au #54,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kraus is uncommon French at frequency #54,681 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kraus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Kraus, spelled K-R-A-U-S.

Definition

1
Nom de famille allemand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Kraus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Bien des personnalités célèbres résidaient alors à Aussee : Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Theodor Herzl, Karl Lueger, Karl Kautsky, Karl Kraus.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kraus"?

"Kraus" is spelled K-R-A-U-S.

What does "Kraus" mean?

As a proper noun, "Kraus" means: Nom de famille allemand.

What language does "Kraus" come from?

"Kraus" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kraus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Konan#54,679 knife#54,678 Laila#54,685 Keira#54,676