sankt

\zaŋkt\

/\zaŋkt\/ verb

The verdict

“sankt” is uncommon French (frequency #84,290 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,290
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de sinken.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sankt · sankt · French

sankt · rank #84,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,290
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sandbox

Nearest frequency peer: sandbox (-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 « sankt »

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 « sankt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sankt
PropertyValue
Headwordsankt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\zaŋkt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#84,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sankt » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sankttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « sandbox » (#84,289), « Samarkand » (#84,288), « sarcelle » (#84,292). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sankt » est au #84,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sankt is uncommon French at frequency #84,290 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \zaŋkt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de sinken.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sankt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sankt, spelled S-A-N-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de sinken.

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 "sankt"?
"sankt" is spelled S-A-N-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is \zaŋkt\.
What does "sankt" mean?
As a verb, "sankt" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du prétérit de sinken.
How do you pronounce "sankt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sankt" is \zaŋkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sankt" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list