Grimm

/[ɡʁɪm]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,214

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Grimm is aGermannoun. It means: intensives Gefühl des Zornes Pronounced [ɡʁɪm]. It ranks #8,214 in German word frequency. Often confused with grip and grips.

Key facts for Grimm
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrimm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡʁɪm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,214
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Grimm in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Grimm is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁɪm]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,214 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "intensives Gefühl des Zornes".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Grimm, with forms such as "ggrimm", "girmm", and "grim". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "grip", "grips", "Grimme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Grimm, spelled G-R-I-M-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    intensives Gefühl des Zornes

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrimm,girmm,grim,grmim,grrimm,rgimm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Grimm

Misspelling Variants of "Grimm"

ggrimm6girmm5grim4grmim5grrimm6rgimm5
Misspelling Variants of "Grimm"

Frequency rank: #8,214 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Grimm"?
"Grimm" is spelled G-R-I-M-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁɪm].
What does "Grimm" mean?
As a noun, "Grimm" means: intensives Gefühl des Zornes
What words are commonly confused with "Grimm"?
"Grimm" is commonly confused with "grip", "grips", "Grimme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Grimm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grimm" is [ɡʁɪm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grimm" come from?
"Grimm" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.