Gräueltat
[ˈɡʁɔɪ̯əlˌtaːt]
The verdict
“Gräueltat” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - abscheuliche, von abnormaler oder illegaler Grausamkeit geprägte Tat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gräueltat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɔɪ̯əlˌtaːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gräueltat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gräueltat is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁɔɪ̯əlˌtaːt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "abscheuliche, von abnormaler oder illegaler Grausamkeit geprägte Tat".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gräueltat, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gräueltat, spelled G-R-Ä-U-E-L-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1abscheuliche, von abnormaler oder illegaler Grausamkeit geprägte Tat
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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.
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Using “Gräueltat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-Ä-U-E-L-T-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁɔɪ̯əlˌtaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.