grammatikalisch

[ɡʁamatiˈkaːlɪʃ]

/[ɡʁamatiˈkaːlɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“grammatikalisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,567 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#61,567
frequency rank, German
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Grammatik betreffend, sich auf sie beziehend (= die Sprachlehre betreffend)

Key facts for grammatikalisch
PropertyValue
Headwordgrammatikalisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡʁamatiˈkaːlɪʃ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#61,567
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “grammatikalisch” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). grammatikalisch lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for grammatikalisch is 15 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁamatiˈkaːlɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,567 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Grammatik betreffend, sich auf sie beziehend (= die Sprachlehre betreffend)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for grammatikalisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is grammatikalisch, spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-T-I-K-A-L-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Grammatik betreffend, sich auf sie beziehend (= die Sprachlehre betreffend)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grammatikalisch"?
"grammatikalisch" is spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-T-I-K-A-L-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁamatiˈkaːlɪʃ].
What does "grammatikalisch" mean?
As an adjective, "grammatikalisch" means: die Grammatik betreffend, sich auf sie beziehend (= die Sprachlehre betreffend)
How do you pronounce "grammatikalisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grammatikalisch" is [ɡʁamatiˈkaːlɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grammatikalisch" come from?
"grammatikalisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “grammatikalisch”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-R-A-M-M-A-T-I-K-A-L-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡʁamatiˈkaːlɪʃ] (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list