schlank
\ʃlaŋk\
The verdict
“schlank” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mince, svelte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schlank · schlank · French
schlank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | schlank |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃlaŋk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schlank » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schlank is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃlaŋk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mince, svelte.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schlank, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 schlank, spelled S-C-H-L-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Mince, svelte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit meiner Diät bin ich wieder so schlank wie früher.
Sein großer Körper geht in die Länge, ist noch schlank, auch wenn er wegen der seinem Metier eigenen Sesshaftigkeit ein wenig aufgegangen ist.
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.