Grafschaften

[ˈɡʁaːfʃaftn̩]

/[ˈɡʁaːfʃaftn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Grafschaften” is uncommon German (frequency #57,043 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,043
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Grafschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-grafschaften · Grafschaften · German

Grafschaften · rank #57,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,043
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grabung

Nearest frequency peer: Grabung (-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 „Grafschaften“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Grafschaften
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrafschaften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁaːfʃaftn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,043
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Grafschaften“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grabung“ (#57,042), „Grammophon“ (#57,044), „Gouvernements“ (#57,041). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Grafschaften“ bei #57,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Grafschaften is uncommon German at frequency #57,043 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːfʃaftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Grafschaften has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Grafschaften, spelled G-R-A-F-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Grafschaft
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Grafschaft
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Grafschaft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Grafschaft

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 "Grafschaften"?
"Grafschaften" is spelled G-R-A-F-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaːfʃaftn̩].
What does "Grafschaften" mean?
As a noun, "Grafschaften" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Grafschaft
How do you pronounce "Grafschaften"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grafschaften" is [ˈɡʁaːfʃaftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grafschaften" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Haldensleben#57,070Handbewegung#57,074Hassprediger#57,078Finanzsektor#56,978

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list