grausig
[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç]
The verdict
“grausig” is uncommon German (frequency #63,381 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,381
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grausen auslösend; entsetzlich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grausig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaʊ̯zɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grausig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grausig is uncommon German at frequency #63,381 among 54,401 “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
- 1Grausen auslösend; entsetzlich
- 2arg, besonders; sehr
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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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Using “grausig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-A-U-S-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.