Grabhügel
[ˈɡʁaːpˌhyːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Grabhügel” is uncommon German (frequency #67,281 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,281
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Erdaufschüttung über einer Grabstelle
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grabhügel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːpˌhyːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grabhügel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Grabhügel is uncommon German at frequency #67,281 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːpˌhyːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erdaufschüttung über einer Grabstelle".
Grabhügel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Grabhügel, spelled G-R-A-B-H-Ü-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Erdaufschüttung über einer Grabstelle
This word in other languages
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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Using “Grabhügel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-A-B-H-Ü-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.