Graben

[ˈɡʁaːbn̩]

/[ˈɡʁaːbn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Graben” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,717
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - länglicher Erdaushub

Corpus desk

Index DE-graben · Graben · German

Graben · rank #5,717 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,717
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH getreten

Nearest frequency peer: getreten (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Graben“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Graben“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Graben vs gran
50% similar
Graben vs grade
50% similar
Graben vs green
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Graben
PropertyValue
HeadwordGraben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁaːbn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,717
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Graben“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Grabenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „getreten“ (#5,716), „Gutschein“ (#5,718), „get“ (#5,715). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Graben“ bei #5,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Graben (IPA [ˈɡʁaːbn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,717 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Graben, with forms such as "garben", "ggraben", and "grabben". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gran", "grade", "green", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Graben, spelled G-R-A-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    länglicher Erdaushub
  2. 2
    Wassergraben, Hindernis beim Pferderennen
  3. 3
    Schützengraben, befestigte Stellung an der Front
  4. 4
    das, was zwei Positionen voneinander trennt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Gräben werden ausgehoben, um unterirdische Leitungen zu verlegen.
  2. „Der Graben war hier flach.“

Antonyms

Loch

This word in other languages

ditch(English)trinchera(Español)fossé(Français)fossa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garben
  • ggraben
  • grabben
  • grabenn
  • grabne
  • graebn
  • grbaen
  • grraben
  • rgaben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Graben - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

garben2ggraben1grabben1grabenn1grabne2graebn2grbaen2grraben1
Edit distance from "Graben"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Graben"?
"Graben" is spelled G-R-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaːbn̩].
What does "Graben" mean?
As a noun, "Graben" means: länglicher Erdaushub
What words are commonly confused with "Graben"?
"Graben" is commonly confused with "gran", "grade", "green". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Graben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Graben" is [ˈɡʁaːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Graben" come from?
"Graben" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

massive9 variantsBrunnen9 variantsBronze9 variantsPlatten9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list