grelle

[ˈɡʁɛlə]

/[ˈɡʁɛlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“grelle” is uncommon German (frequency #60,629 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,629
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 grell

Corpus desk

Index DE-grelle · grelle · German

grelle · rank #60,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,629
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gregorianisch…

Nearest frequency peer: gregorianischen (-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 „grelle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grelle
PropertyValue
Headwordgrelle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁɛlə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,629
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grelle“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.grellefällt 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: „gregorianischen“ (#60,628), „grenzte“ (#60,630), „Grenzziehung“ (#60,631). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grelle“ bei #60,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grelle is uncommon German at frequency #60,629 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for grelle in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 grelle, spelled G-R-E-L-L-E.

Definition

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

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grosso#60,634Haydns#60,648Hegels#60,653gehegt#60,599

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list