grelles

[ˈɡʁɛləs]

/[ˈɡʁɛləs]/ adj

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The verdict

“grelles” is uncommon German (frequency #98,527 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,527
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grell

Corpus desk

Index DE-grelles · grelles · German

grelles · rank #98,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,527
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grenzfälle

Nearest frequency peer: Grenzfälle (+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 „grelles“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grelles
PropertyValue
Headwordgrelles
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡʁɛləs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,527
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grelles“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).grellesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Grenzfälle“ (#98,528), „Grenzkontrolle“ (#98,529), „Grauzonen“ (#98,523). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grelles“ bei #98,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grelles is uncommon German at frequency #98,527 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁɛləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for grelles in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is grelles, spelled G-R-E-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grell
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grell
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grell
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum 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 "grelles"?
"grelles" is spelled G-R-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁɛləs].
What does "grelles" mean?
As an adjective, "grelles" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grell
How do you pronounce "grelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grelles" is [ˈɡʁɛləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grelles" come from?
"grelles" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

grummel#98,532getönte#98,510haderte#98,552Gerlich#98,490

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list