graubraun
[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌbʁaʊ̯n]
The verdict
“graubraun” is uncommon German (frequency #91,686 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,686
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - braun mit Graustich
Corpus desk
Index DE-graubraun · graubraun · German
graubraun · rank #91,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,686
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Grenadiere
Nearest frequency peer: Grenadiere (+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 „graubraun“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gradienten
Gradienten
8,318 corpus weight
- graubraun
graubraun
8,315 corpus weight
- Grenadiere
Grenadiere
8,314 corpus weight
- Grenzsteine
Grenzsteine
8,313 corpus weight
- Grevesmühlen
Grevesmühlen
8,312 corpus weight
- grimmigen
grimmigen
8,311 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „graubraun“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graubraun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌbʁaʊ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „graubraun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
graubraun is uncommon German at frequency #91,686 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌbʁaʊ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "braun mit Graustich".
graubraun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 graubraun, spelled G-R-A-U-B-R-A-U-N.
Definition
- 1braun mit Graustich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how graubraun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwei oder drei weiße Pfauen pickten sich den Rasen entlang, und eine graubraune Taube saß so reglos auf dem Arm einer der Parzen, dass sie ein Teil der Skulptur zu sein schien.“
„Während ich unterschreibe, fragt sie mich: »Haben Sie die Frau hier in der Straße gekannt, die in dem großen graubraunen Haus gearbeitet hat?«“
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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