grandma
[ˈɡrænmaː]
The verdict
“grandma” is uncommon German (frequency #74,654 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,654
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großmama, Oma
Corpus desk
Index DE-grandma · grandma · German
grandma · rank #74,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,654
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH graffitis
Nearest frequency peer: graffitis (-2 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 „grandma“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- goodwill
goodwill
25,351 corpus weight
- Gossen
Gossen
25,350 corpus weight
- graffitis
graffitis
25,349 corpus weight
- grandma
grandma
25,347 corpus weight
- Grashalm
Grashalm
25,345 corpus weight
- Gravitation…
Gravitationswellen
25,344 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grandma“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grandma |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡrænmaː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „grandma“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
grandma is uncommon German at frequency #74,654 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡrænmaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Großmama, Oma".
No generated misspelling entries exist for grandma in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is grandma, spelled G-R-A-N-D-M-A.
Definition
- 1Großmama, Oma
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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