grind

[ɡɹɪnd]

/[ɡɹɪnd]/ noun

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The verdict

“grind” is uncommon German (frequency #59,710 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,710
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rahmen, Gitter

Corpus desk

Index DE-grind · grind · German

grind · rank #59,710 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,710
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grim

Nearest frequency peer: grim (-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 „grind“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grind
PropertyValue
Headwordgrind
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡɹɪnd]
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,710
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grind“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).grindfällt 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: „grim“ (#59,709), „Grenzzaun“ (#59,708), „Gotteslästerung“ (#59,707). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grind“ bei #59,710. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grind is uncommon German at frequency #59,710 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɹɪnd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for grind in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is grind, spelled G-R-I-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rahmen, Gitter
  2. 2
    Gittertür, Pforte, Tor
  3. 3
    Gerippe, Gerüst

Synonyms

grindalagporturlið

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 "grind"?
"grind" is spelled G-R-I-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡɹɪnd].
What does "grind" mean?
As a noun, "grind" means: Rahmen, Gitter
How do you pronounce "grind"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grind" is [ɡɹɪnd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grind" come from?
"grind" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Heims#59,721Indra#59,756fully#59,660ivory#59,767

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list