Grabow
[ˈɡʁaːboː]
The verdict
“Grabow” is uncommon German (frequency #79,248 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,248
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-grabow · Grabow · German
Grabow · rank #79,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,248
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Grabkammer
Nearest frequency peer: Grabkammer (-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 „Grabow“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gottlos
gottlos
20,755 corpus weight
- Grabkammer
Grabkammer
20,754 corpus weight
- Grabow
Grabow
20,753 corpus weight
- Grabsteinen
Grabsteinen
20,752 corpus weight
- gracias
gracias
20,751 corpus weight
- Grammatiker
Grammatiker
20,750 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grabow“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grabow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːboː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grabow“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grabow is uncommon German at frequency #79,248 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːboː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Grabow, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Grabow, spelled G-R-A-B-O-W.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Grabow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grabow liegt in Deutschlands Nordosten.
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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