franck and frank are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. franck means “French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)”. frank means “a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century”. frank is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈfɹæŋk/
1.n.French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
2.n.United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
/ˈfɹæŋk/
| franck | frank | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɹæŋk/ | /ˈfɹæŋk/ |
| Said | frangk | frangk |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 6 | 5 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb, adjective |
| Senses | 2 | 6 |
| How common | Familiar | Core |
| Synonyms | Cesar Franck | none recorded |
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1.n.a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
2.n.a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
3.v.stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing