Graffiti
[ɡʁaˈfiːti]
The verdict
“Graffiti” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,932 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,932
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zumeist auf Wänden oder Mauern aufgebrachte Darstellung, die überwiegend mit Spray hergestellt ist und ein bestimmtes Motiv, eine Parole oder Ähnliches zeigt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Graffiti |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁaˈfiːti] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Graffiti” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Graffiti is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁaˈfiːti]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,932 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zumeist auf Wänden oder Mauern aufgebrachte Darstellung, die überwiegend mit Spray hergestellt ist und ein bestimmtes Motiv, eine Parole oder Ähnliches zeigt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Graffiti, with forms such as "garffiti", "ggraffiti", and "graffiit". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Graffiti, spelled G-R-A-F-F-I-T-I.
Definition
- 1zumeist auf Wänden oder Mauern aufgebrachte Darstellung, die überwiegend mit Spray hergestellt ist und ein bestimmtes Motiv, eine Parole oder Ähnliches zeigt
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garffiti,ggraffiti,graffiit,graffitti,grafftii,grafifti,grafiti,grfafiti,grraffiti,rgaffiti
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Graffiti - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Graffiti”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-A-F-F-I-T-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡʁaˈfiːti] (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
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.