Granat
[ɡʁaˈnaːt]
The verdict
“Granat” is uncommon German (frequency #67,282 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,282
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Garnele der Nordsee
Corpus desk
Index DE-granat · Granat · German
Granat · rank #67,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,282
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Grabhügel
Nearest frequency peer: Grabhügel (-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 „Granat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gleichsetzt
gleichsetzt
32,724 corpus weight
- Gouverneure
Gouverneure
32,721 corpus weight
- Grabhügel
Grabhügel
32,720 corpus weight
- Granat
Granat
32,719 corpus weight
- grollen
grollen
32,718 corpus weight
- grottenschl…
grottenschlecht
32,716 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Granat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Granat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁaˈnaːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Granat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Granat is uncommon German at frequency #67,282 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʁaˈnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Granat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Granat, spelled G-R-A-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1kleine Garnele der Nordsee
- 2Oberbegriff für eine Gruppe von künstlich hergestellten Mineralien, die sich optisch, physikalisch und chemisch ähnlich sind, wie Pyrop, Almandin, Spessartin, Grossular, Andradit, Uwarowit, Goldmanit, Hydrogrossular, Calderit, Knorringit und Skiagit.
- 3Betrüger, Falschspieler
- 4Kurzbezeichnung für Granatapfel und Granatapfelbaum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Granat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Abends wurden Krabben ausgepult, die Granat hießen.“
„Ob es sich bei einem Mineral um einen Granat handelt oder eine Verwechslung vorliegt, lässt sich mittels der mineraleigenen Eigenschaften bzw. Bestimmung der Zusammensetzung, bspw. via Atomabsorptionsspektometrie klären.“
Synonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).