grobes

Name: grobes, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡʁoːbəs]

/[ɡʁoːbəs]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“grobes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,216. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,216
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob

Corpus desk

Index DE-grobes · grobes · German

grobes · rank #41,216 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #41,216
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH Griesheim

Nearest frequency peer: Griesheim (-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.

Grabstätte

58,788
greifbare

58,787
Griesheim

58,786
grobes

58,785
Grundrisse

58,783
Grunewald

58,782

What this shows „grobes“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grobes vs Gros

50% similar

grobes vs Grube

50% similar

grobes vs grove

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grobes
Property	Value
Headword	grobes
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɡʁoːbəs]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#41,216
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „grobes“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).grobesliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#41,216

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Griesheim“ (#41,215), „greifbare“ (#41,214), „Grundrisse“ (#41,218). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grobes“ bei #41,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around grobes (IPA [ɡʁoːbəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,216 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for grobes, with forms such as "ggrobes", "gorbes", and "grboes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gros", "Grube", "grove", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is grobes, spelled G-R-O-B-E-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob
2
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob
3
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob
4
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ggrobes
gorbes
grboes
grobbes
grobess
grobse
groebs
grrobes
rgobes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grobes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "grobes"

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 "grobes"?

"grobes" is spelled G-R-O-B-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁoːbəs].

What does "grobes" mean?

As an adjective, "grobes" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs grob

What words are commonly confused with "grobes"?

"grobes" is commonly confused with "Gros", "Grube", "grove". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "grobes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grobes" is [ɡʁoːbəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "grobes" come from?

"grobes" 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 "grobes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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