Graphem
[ɡʁaˈfeːm]
The verdict
“Graphem” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinste bedeutungsunterscheidende Einheit eines Schriftsystems
Corpus desk
Index DE-graphem · Graphem · German
Graphem · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Graphem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁaˈfeːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Graphem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Graphem is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʁaˈfeːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Graphem in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Graphem, spelled G-R-A-P-H-E-M.
Definition
- 1kleinste bedeutungsunterscheidende Einheit eines Schriftsystems
- 2Menge derjenigen Buchstaben (Graphe), die ein bestimmtes Phonem wiedergeben
- 3komplexes Schriftzeichen, das Silben oder Morpheme wiedergibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Graphem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das lateinische Alphabet besteht aus Graphemen.
„Das Graphem ist eine Klasse von Graphen, die distributionell als sprachzeichenunterscheidende graphische Einheit bestimmt wird.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.