krav
\kʁav\
The verdict
“krav” is uncommon French (frequency #52,782 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,782
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de krav-maga (art martial d’origine israélienne).
Corpus desk
Index FR-krav · krav · French
krav · rank #52,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,782
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Koenig
Nearest frequency peer: Koenig (-1 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « krav »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Kendra
Kendra
47,222 corpus weight
- kita
kita
47,221 corpus weight
- Koenig
Koenig
47,220 corpus weight
- krav
krav
47,219 corpus weight
- Lallemand
Lallemand
47,217 corpus weight
- lancinante
lancinante
47,216 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « krav » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | krav |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁav\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « krav » en français
Rare enough to double-check
krav is uncommon French at frequency #52,782 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁav\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation de krav-maga (art martial d’origine israélienne).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for krav, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is krav, spelled K-R-A-V.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de krav-maga (art martial d’origine israélienne).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how krav appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand j’ai commencé le krav, j’étais la seule femme du groupe, en dehors de la compagne de l’instructeur.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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