Grimasse
[ɡʁiˈmasə]
The verdict
“Grimasse” is uncommon German (frequency #94,358 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,358
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - absichtlich verzerrtes Gesicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-grimasse · Grimasse · German
Grimasse · rank #94,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,358
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Grautöne
Nearest frequency peer: Grautöne (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Grimasse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gransee
Gransee
5,649 corpus weight
- Grautöne
Grautöne
5,646 corpus weight
- Grimasse
Grimasse
5,643 corpus weight
- Grundeinkom…
Grundeinkommens
5,637 corpus weight
- Grundgesetz…
Grundgesetzänderung
5,635 corpus weight
- grundlose
grundlose
5,634 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Grimasse” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grimasse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁiˈmasə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Grimasse” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Grimasse is uncommon German at frequency #94,358 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡʁiˈmasə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "absichtlich verzerrtes Gesicht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Grimasse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Grimasse, spelled G-R-I-M-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1absichtlich verzerrtes Gesicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grimasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zieh nicht immer eine solche Grimasse!
„Niko zog eine Grimasse.“
Synonyms
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.
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