Grabens
[ˈɡʁaːbn̩s]
The verdict
“Grabens” is uncommon German (frequency #58,832 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,832
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Graben
Corpus desk
Index DE-grabens · Grabens · German
Grabens · rank #58,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,832
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH grellen
Nearest frequency peer: grellen (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Grabens“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gnädiger
gnädiger
41,174 corpus weight
- goldig
goldig
41,172 corpus weight
- goods
goods
41,171 corpus weight
- Grabens
Grabens
41,169 corpus weight
- grellen
grellen
41,168 corpus weight
- Grundwassers
Grundwassers
41,165 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grabens“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grabens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːbn̩s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grabens“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grabens is uncommon German at frequency #58,832 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːbn̩s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Graben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Grabens, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Grabens, spelled G-R-A-B-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs 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.
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