grausam

/[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,920

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

grausam is anGermanadj. It means: durch eine derartige Gefühlskälte, Skrupellosigkeit und meist Reuelosigkeit gekennzeichnet, dass es Grauen (im Sinne von Furcht, Entsetzen) hervorruft Pronounced [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]. It ranks #9,920 in German word frequency. Often confused with grausame and grausamen.

Key facts for grausam
PropertyValue
Headwordgrausam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,920
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grausam in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for grausam is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,920 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for grausam, with forms such as "garusam", "ggrausam", and "grasuam". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "grausame", "grausamen", "grausamer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is grausam, spelled G-R-A-U-S-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch eine derartige Gefühlskälte, Skrupellosigkeit und meist Reuelosigkeit gekennzeichnet, dass es Grauen (im Sinne von Furcht, Entsetzen) hervorruft
  2. 2
    von einer derartigen Intensität, dass es starkes Leiden oder Unwohlsein hervorruft

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garusam,ggrausam,grasuam,grauasm,grausamm,grausma,graussam,grrausam,gruasam,rgausam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grausam

Misspelling Variants of "grausam"

garusam7ggrausam8grasuam7grauasm7grausamm8grausma7graussam8grrausam8
Misspelling Variants of "grausam"

Frequency rank: #9,920 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grausam"?
"grausam" is spelled G-R-A-U-S-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm].
What does "grausam" mean?
As an adj, "grausam" means: durch eine derartige Gefühlskälte, Skrupellosigkeit und meist Reuelosigkeit gekennzeichnet, dass es Grauen (im Sinne von Furcht, Entsetzen) hervorruft
What words are commonly confused with "grausam"?
"grausam" is commonly confused with "grausame", "grausamen", "grausamer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grausam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grausam" is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grausam" come from?
"grausam" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.