grausig

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç]

/[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç]/ adj

The verdict

“grausig” is uncommon German (frequency #63,381 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,381
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grausen auslösend; entsetzlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-grausig · grausig · German

grausig · rank #63,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,381
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Granulat

Nearest frequency peer: Granulat (-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 „grausig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grausig
PropertyValue
Headwordgrausig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç]
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grausig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.grausigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Granulat“ (#63,380), „Greise“ (#63,382), „Granatapfel“ (#63,379). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grausig“ bei #63,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grausig is uncommon German at frequency #63,381 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

grausig has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is grausig, spelled G-R-A-U-S-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grausen auslösend; entsetzlich
  2. 2
    arg, besonders; sehr

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In ihrer Nachbarschaft wurde ein grausiger Fund gemacht.
  2. „Über 50 Jahre nach den grausigen Verbrechen ist ein Mann nun sicher, den Killer identifiziert zu haben – es soll sein Vater sein.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "grausig"?
"grausig" is spelled G-R-A-U-S-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç].
What does "grausig" mean?
As an adjective, "grausig" means: Grausen auslösend; entsetzlich
How do you pronounce "grausig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grausig" is [ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list