grauenvolle

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənˌfɔlə]

/[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənˌfɔlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“grauenvolle” is uncommon German (frequency #78,058 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,058
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll

Corpus desk

Index DE-grauenvolle · grauenvolle · German

grauenvolle · rank #78,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,058
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grassiert

Nearest frequency peer: grassiert (-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 „grauenvolle“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „grauenvolle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grauenvolle
PropertyValue
Headwordgrauenvolle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənˌfɔlə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,058
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grauenvolle“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).grauenvollefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „grassiert“ (#78,057), „grazia“ (#78,059), „Grands“ (#78,056). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grauenvolle“ bei #78,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grauenvolle is uncommon German at frequency #78,058 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənˌfɔlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for grauenvolle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 grauenvolle, spelled G-R-A-U-E-N-V-O-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll

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 "grauenvolle"?
"grauenvolle" is spelled G-R-A-U-E-N-V-O-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənˌfɔlə].
What does "grauenvolle" mean?
As an adjective, "grauenvolle" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grauenvoll
How do you pronounce "grauenvolle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grauenvolle" is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənˌfɔlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grauenvolle" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

günstigeres#78,076Geldspenden#78,023heldenhafte#78,095Gegensätzen#78,011

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list