Graubünden

Name: Graubünden, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡʁaʊ̯ˈbʏndn̩]

/[ɡʁaʊ̯ˈbʏndn̩]/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Graubünden” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,747
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein schweizerischer Kanton

Corpus desk

Index DE-graubunden · Graubünden · German

Graubünden · rank #22,747 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #22,747
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH Glasgow

Nearest frequency peer: Glasgow (-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.

gewaltiger

77,257
Gewinnerin

77,256
Glasgow

77,255
Graubünden

77,254
Greif

77,253
Güterverkehr

77,252

What this shows „Graubünden“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Graubünden vs Grabungen

70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Graubünden
Property	Value
Headword	Graubünden
Language	German
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	[ɡʁaʊ̯ˈbʏndn̩]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#22,747
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Graubünden“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Graubündenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#22,747

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Glasgow“ (#22,746), „Greif“ (#22,748), „Gewinnerin“ (#22,745). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Graubünden“ bei #22,747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Graubünden (IPA [ɡʁaʊ̯ˈbʏndn̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,747 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein schweizerischer Kanton".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Graubünden, with forms such as "garubünden", "ggraubünden", and "grabuünden". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Grabungen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Graubünden, spelled G-R-A-U-B-Ü-N-D-E-N.

Definition

1
ein schweizerischer Kanton

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Graubünden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Ein Kurort in Graubünden heißt Arosa.
„Im schweizerischen Graubünden könnte sich in den nächsten Tagen bis Wochen ein schwerer Bergsturz ereignen.“

This word in other languages

Grisons(English)Grisones(Español)Grisons(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

garubünden
ggraubünden
grabuünden
graubbünden
graubnüden
graubüdnen
graubündden
graubündenn
graubündne
graubünedn
graubünnden
grauübnden
grraubünden
gruabünden
rgaubünden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Graubünden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Graubünden"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Graubünden"?

"Graubünden" is spelled G-R-A-U-B-Ü-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁaʊ̯ˈbʏndn̩].

What does "Graubünden" mean?

As a proper noun, "Graubünden" means: ein schweizerischer Kanton

What words are commonly confused with "Graubünden"?

"Graubünden" is commonly confused with "Grabungen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Graubünden"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Graubünden" is [ɡʁaʊ̯ˈbʏndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Graubünden" come from?

"Graubünden" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Graubünden", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gewinnerin#22,745 gewaltiger#22,744 gepflegten#22,737 gehandhabt#22,734

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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