Graffito

/[ɡʁaˈfɪto]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#98,522

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Graffito is aGermannoun. It means: Inschrift, die in eine Wand eingeritzt wurde und von sprach- und kulturgeschichtlicher Relevanz ist Pronounced [ɡʁaˈfɪto].

Key facts for Graffito
PropertyValue
HeadwordGraffito
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡʁaˈfɪto]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,522
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Graffito in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Graffito is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Graffito in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Graffito, spelled G-R-A-F-F-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inschrift, die in eine Wand eingeritzt wurde und von sprach- und kulturgeschichtlicher Relevanz ist
  2. 2
    Dekoration, die in eine Marmorfliese eingeritzt ist und ein mehrfarbiges ornamentales oder figurales Motiv hat
  3. 3
    mit Spray auf Mauern, Fassaden, Wänden oder sonstigen Oberflächen im öffentlichen Raum aufgebrachte Schriftzüge oder Bilder, typischerweise ungefragt und ohne Erlaubnis

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #98,522 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Graffito"?
"Graffito" is spelled G-R-A-F-F-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁaˈfɪto].
What does "Graffito" mean?
As a noun, "Graffito" means: Inschrift, die in eine Wand eingeritzt wurde und von sprach- und kulturgeschichtlicher Relevanz ist
How do you pronounce "Graffito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Graffito" is [ɡʁaˈfɪto]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Graffito" come from?
"Graffito" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.