gracias

[ˈɡraθjas]

/[ˈɡraθjas]/ intj

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The verdict

“gracias” is uncommon German (frequency #79,250 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,250
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - drückt Dank aus; danke

Key facts for gracias
PropertyValue
Headwordgracias
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[ˈɡraθjas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,250
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gracias” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gracias lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gracias is uncommon German at frequency #79,250 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈɡraθjas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drückt Dank aus; danke".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gracias, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 gracias, spelled G-R-A-C-I-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    drückt Dank aus; danke

This word in other languages

thanks(English)merci(Français)

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 "gracias"?
"gracias" is spelled G-R-A-C-I-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡraθjas].
What does "gracias" mean?
As an interjection, "gracias" means: drückt Dank aus; danke
How do you pronounce "gracias"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gracias" is [ˈɡraθjas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gracias" come from?
"gracias" 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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Using “gracias”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-R-A-C-I-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɡraθjas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list