Graffito
[ɡʁaˈfɪto]
The verdict
“Graffito” is an uncommon German word, ranked #98,522 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #98,522
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inschrift, die in eine Wand eingeritzt wurde und von sprach- und kulturgeschichtlicher Relevanz ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Graffito |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁaˈfɪto] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Graffito” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Graffito is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁaˈfɪto]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,522 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Graffito, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Graffito, spelled G-R-A-F-F-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Inschrift, die in eine Wand eingeritzt wurde und von sprach- und kulturgeschichtlicher Relevanz ist
- 2Dekoration, die in eine Marmorfliese eingeritzt ist und ein mehrfarbiges ornamentales oder figurales Motiv hat
- 3mit Spray auf Mauern, Fassaden, Wänden oder sonstigen Oberflächen im öffentlichen Raum aufgebrachte Schriftzüge oder Bilder, typischerweise ungefragt und ohne Erlaubnis
Synonyms
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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 “Graffito”
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-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡʁaˈfɪto] (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.