Granit

/[ɡʁaˈniːt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,309

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

Granit is aGermannoun. It means: Gestein aus Feldspat, Quarz und Glimmer, das besonders hart ist Pronounced [ɡʁaˈniːt]. Often confused with Grat and grant.

Key facts for Granit
PropertyValue
HeadwordGranit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡʁaˈniːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,309
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Granit is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁaˈniːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,309 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gestein aus Feldspat, Quarz und Glimmer, das besonders hart ist".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Granit, with forms such as "garnit", "ggranit", and "graint". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Grat", "grant", "graut", 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 Granit, spelled G-R-A-N-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gestein aus Feldspat, Quarz und Glimmer, das besonders hart ist

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garnit,ggranit,graint,granitt,grannit,granti,grnait,grranit,rganit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Granit

Misspelling Variants of "Granit"

garnit6ggranit7graint6granitt7grannit7granti6grnait6grranit7
Misspelling Variants of "Granit"

Frequency rank: #14,309 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Granit"?
"Granit" is spelled G-R-A-N-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁaˈniːt].
What does "Granit" mean?
As a noun, "Granit" means: Gestein aus Feldspat, Quarz und Glimmer, das besonders hart ist
What words are commonly confused with "Granit"?
"Granit" is commonly confused with "Grat", "grant", "graut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Granit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Granit" is [ɡʁaˈniːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Granit" come from?
"Granit" 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.