grit

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The verdict

“grit” is uncommon German (frequency #57,921 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,921
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-grit · grit · German

grit · rank #57,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,921
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grabstätten

Nearest frequency peer: Grabstätten (-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 „grit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grit
PropertyValue
Headwordgrit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#57,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gritfällt 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: „Grabstätten“ (#57,920), „Grundschullehrer“ (#57,922), „Gouda“ (#57,919). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grit“ bei #57,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grit is uncommon German at frequency #57,921 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for grit in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is grit, spelled G-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abrieb
  2. 2
    Feinkies, Grobsand
  3. 3
    Körnung
  4. 4
    Split
  5. 5
    Streumittel, Streugut
  6. 6
    Charakterstärke, Charakterfestigkeit, Stehvermögen

Synonyms

fortitudeindomitable spirit

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 "grit"?
"grit" is spelled G-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "grit" mean?
As a noun, "grit" means: Abrieb
How do you pronounce "grit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grit" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grit" come from?
"grit" 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 "grit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glow#57,916faux#57,847malo#58,074mojo#58,103

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list