Gral

/[ɡʁaːl]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,617

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Gral is aGermannoun. It means: eine geheimnisvolle, wundervolle Schale, aus Stein oder Kristall, die immer nur Auserwählten oder Berufenen sichtbar ist Pronounced [ɡʁaːl]. Often confused with grün and Graz.

Key facts for Gral
PropertyValue
HeadwordGral
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡʁaːl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,617
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gral is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,617 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gral, with forms such as "garl", "ggral", and "grall". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grün", "Graz", "Gras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Gral, spelled G-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine geheimnisvolle, wundervolle Schale, aus Stein oder Kristall, die immer nur Auserwählten oder Berufenen sichtbar ist
  2. 2
    eine antike Schale, die Christus beim Abendmahl verwendet haben soll, die 1101 von den Genuesern in Palästina erbeutet und nach Europa gebracht worden sein soll, eine christliche Reliquie

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garl,ggral,grall,grla,grral,rgal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gral

Misspelling Variants of "Gral"

garl4ggral5grall5grla4grral5rgal4
Misspelling Variants of "Gral"

Frequency rank: #33,617 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gral"?
"Gral" is spelled G-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁaːl].
What does "Gral" mean?
As a noun, "Gral" means: eine geheimnisvolle, wundervolle Schale, aus Stein oder Kristall, die immer nur Auserwählten oder Berufenen sichtbar ist
What words are commonly confused with "Gral"?
"Gral" is commonly confused with "grün", "Graz", "Gras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gral" is [ɡʁaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gral" come from?
"Gral" 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.