Krug

\kʁuːk\

/\kʁuːk\/ noun

The verdict

“Krug” is uncommon French (frequency #50,319 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,319
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bac, baquet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-krug · Krug · French

Krug · rank #50,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,319
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kaufmann

Nearest frequency peer: Kaufmann (-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 « Krug »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krug
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrug
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁuːk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,319
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Krug » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Kaufmann » (#50,318), « kystes » (#50,320), « Katarina » (#50,317). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Krug » est au #50,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krug is uncommon French at frequency #50,319 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁuːk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Krug, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Krug, spelled K-R-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bac, baquet.
  2. 2
    Pot.
  3. 3
    Cruche.
  4. 4
    Auberge.
  5. 5
    Tanguer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Als Gauß ihn sah, bekam er einen Wutanfall: Er zerbrach einen auf dem Fensterbrett stehenden Krug, stampfte mit dem Fuß und schlug um sich.

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 "Krug"?
"Krug" is spelled K-R-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁuːk\.
What does "Krug" mean?
As a noun, "Krug" means: Bac, baquet.
How do you pronounce "Krug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krug" is \kʁuːk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Krug" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list