Grabrede

[ˈɡʁaːpˌʁeːdə]

/[ˈɡʁaːpˌʁeːdə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Grabrede” is uncommon German (frequency #85,318 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,318
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rede, die bei einer Beerdigung (am offenen Grab) gehalten wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-grabrede · Grabrede · German

Grabrede · rank #85,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,318
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gouverneurin

Nearest frequency peer: Gouverneurin (-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 „Grabrede“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grabrede“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Grabrede
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrabrede
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁaːpˌʁeːdə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,318
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Grabrede“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Grabredefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gouverneurin“ (#85,317), „Gottvertrauen“ (#85,316), „gottverdammten“ (#85,315). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Grabrede“ bei #85,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Grabrede is uncommon German at frequency #85,318 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːpˌʁeːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rede, die bei einer Beerdigung (am offenen Grab) gehalten wird".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grabrede, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Grabrede, spelled G-R-A-B-R-E-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rede, die bei einer Beerdigung (am offenen Grab) gehalten wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Watson wiederholt seine Grabrede, Sherlock seine Wertschätzung für Molly Hooper (übrigens: schöne, zarte Weiterentwicklung der von Louise Brealey gespielten Figur).“
  2. „Wer wird dereinst seiner sterblichen Hülle die Grabrede halten: der nette Kegelbruder, der fiese Kollege oder gar, schlimmster Fall, der blutsnahe Verwandte, der aufs Erbteil schielt?“

Synonyms

LeichenredeTrauerrede

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 "Grabrede"?
"Grabrede" is spelled G-R-A-B-R-E-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaːpˌʁeːdə].
What does "Grabrede" mean?
As a noun, "Grabrede" means: Rede, die bei einer Beerdigung (am offenen Grab) gehalten wird
How do you pronounce "Grabrede"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grabrede" is [ˈɡʁaːpˌʁeːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grabrede" come from?
"Grabrede" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list