Grapefruit
[ˈɡʁɛɪ̯pˌfʁuːt]
The verdict
“Grapefruit” is uncommon German (frequency #62,473 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,473
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Orange und Pampelmuse gekreuzte, größere Zitrusfrucht mit gelbem oder orangerotem Fruchtfleisch und säuerlich-bitterlichem Geschmack (Citrus paradisi)
Corpus desk
Index DE-grapefruit · Grapefruit · German
Grapefruit · rank #62,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,473
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH grausige
Nearest frequency peer: grausige (+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 „Grapefruit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Goldschmiede
Goldschmiede
37,532 corpus weight
- Grapefruit
Grapefruit
37,528 corpus weight
- grausige
grausige
37,527 corpus weight
- Grenzer
Grenzer
37,526 corpus weight
- grosz
grosz
37,525 corpus weight
- Gruppenspie…
Gruppenspiele
37,524 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grapefruit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grapefruit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɛɪ̯pˌfʁuːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grapefruit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grapefruit is uncommon German at frequency #62,473 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁɛɪ̯pˌfʁuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Orange und Pampelmuse gekreuzte, größere Zitrusfrucht mit gelbem oder orangerotem Fruchtfleisch und säuerlich-bitterlichem Geschmack (Citrus paradisi)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Grapefruit, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Grapefruit, spelled G-R-A-P-E-F-R-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1aus Orange und Pampelmuse gekreuzte, größere Zitrusfrucht mit gelbem oder orangerotem Fruchtfleisch und säuerlich-bitterlichem Geschmack (Citrus paradisi)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grapefruit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Grapefruit war sehr bitter.
„Als ich vom Fenster zurückkehrte, hatte Ivy sich noch immer nicht angekleidet, sondern zwei Grapefruits gerichtet und fragte, ob ich Kaffee möchte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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