Krise
\ˈkʀiːzə\
The verdict
“Krise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Crise, moment périlleux et décisif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-krise · Krise · French
Krise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- 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 | Krise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkʀiːzə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Krise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Krise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkʀiːzə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Krise, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Krise, spelled K-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Crise, moment périlleux et décisif.
- 2Crise, trouble dans le fonctionnement normal de l’activité économique.
- 3Crise, trouble dans le fonctionnement normal d’un régime politique.
- 4Crise, très intense douleur.
- 5Crise, changement en bien ou en mal qui survient dans le cours d’une maladie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Krise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Verhandlungen über ein globales Abkommen für den Seuchenfall sind gescheitert. Wie es weitergeht? Unklar. Die Menschheit ist gegen die nächste Krise genauso schlecht gewappnet wie gegen Corona.
Griechenlands Luftraum bleibt ein Nadelöhr für Europas Luftverkehr – und ein Beispiel dafür, wie lange ein Land Probleme verdrängen kann, bis sie zu einer europäischen Krise werden.
Synonyms
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.