Großverband
[ˈɡʁoːsfɛɐ̯ˌbant]
The verdict
“Großverband” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gliederungsbezeichnung für militärische Truppenteile oberhalb der Verbandsstärke
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Großverband |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsfɛɐ̯ˌbant] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Großverband” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Großverband is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁoːsfɛɐ̯ˌbant]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gliederungsbezeichnung für militärische Truppenteile oberhalb der Verbandsstärke".
Zero misspellings are on record for Großverband in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Großverband, spelled G-R-O-S-S-V-E-R-B-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Gliederungsbezeichnung für militärische Truppenteile oberhalb der Verbandsstärke
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Großverband”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-O-S-S-V-E-R-B-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁoːsfɛɐ̯ˌbant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.