Krieg
\kʀiːk\
The verdict
“Krieg” is uncommon French (frequency #76,731 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,731
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guerre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-krieg · Krieg · French
Krieg · rank #76,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,731
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kultur
Nearest frequency peer: Kultur (+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 « Krieg »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kirin
kirin
23,274 corpus weight
- klotz
klotz
23,272 corpus weight
- Krieg
Krieg
23,270 corpus weight
- Kultur
Kultur
23,269 corpus weight
- kwa
kwa
23,267 corpus weight
- kératine
kératine
23,266 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Krieg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Krieg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʀiːk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Krieg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Krieg is uncommon French at frequency #76,731 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʀiːk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Guerre.".
Krieg has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Krieg, spelled K-R-I-E-G.
Definition
- 1Guerre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Krieg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je länger der Ukraine-Krieg dauert, umso stärker gewinnt man den Eindruck, dass das Schlimmste noch bevorstehen könnte.
Natürlich ist ein Krieg kein Witz, aber im Krieg kann Witz eine Waffe sein.
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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