grausam
[ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]
The verdict
“grausam” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,920
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch eine derartige Gefühlskälte, Skrupellosigkeit und meist Reuelosigkeit gekennzeichnet, dass es Grauen (im Sinne von Furcht, Entsetzen) hervorruft
Corpus desk
Index DE-grausam · grausam · German
grausam · rank #9,920 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,920
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gleichnamigen
Nearest frequency peer: gleichnamigen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „grausam“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- gestürzt
gestürzt
90,084 corpus weight
- gewagt
gewagt
90,083 corpus weight
- gleichnamig…
gleichnamigen
90,082 corpus weight
- grausam
grausam
90,081 corpus weight
- grünes
grünes
90,080 corpus weight
- has
has
90,079 corpus weight
What this shows „grausam“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grausam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „grausam“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around grausam (IPA [ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,920 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grausam, with forms such as "garusam", "ggrausam", and "grasuam". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is grausam, spelled G-R-A-U-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1durch eine derartige Gefühlskälte, Skrupellosigkeit und meist Reuelosigkeit gekennzeichnet, dass es Grauen (im Sinne von Furcht, Entsetzen) hervorruft
- 2von einer derartigen Intensität, dass es starkes Leiden oder Unwohlsein hervorruft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grausam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein grausamer Zug lag um seinen Mund.
„Das Schicksal ist launisch und grausam.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- garusam
- ggrausam
- grasuam
- grauasm
- grausamm
- grausma
- graussam
- grrausam
- gruasam
- rgausam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grausam - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grausam", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).