grotesk
[ɡʁoˈtɛsk]
The verdict
“grotesk” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,579
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - absonderliche und fantastische Wirkung durch Übersteigerung nach sich ziehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-grotesk · grotesk · German
grotesk · rank #25,579 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,579
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gretel
Nearest frequency peer: Gretel (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “grotesk”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- glamour
glamour
74,425 corpus weight
- gliedern
gliedern
74,424 corpus weight
- Gretel
Gretel
74,423 corpus weight
- grotesk
grotesk
74,422 corpus weight
- Grünflächen
Grünflächen
74,421 corpus weight
- Guss
Guss
74,420 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “grotesk” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grotesk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡʁoˈtɛsk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “grotesk” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around grotesk (IPA [ɡʁoˈtɛsk]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,579 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "absonderliche und fantastische Wirkung durch Übersteigerung nach sich ziehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for grotesk, with forms such as "ggrotesk", "gortesk", and "groetsk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "groteske", "grotesken", "grobes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is grotesk, spelled G-R-O-T-E-S-K.
Definition
- 1absonderliche und fantastische Wirkung durch Übersteigerung nach sich ziehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grotesk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Damals hatte Stefan seine Eltern besucht, die ihm wie unsagbar traurige, groteske Gestalten einer verlorenen Welt erschienen.“
„Mir brachten sie die fürchterlichste Qual – anderen werden sie vielleicht nicht mehr scheinen als groteske Zufälligkeiten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrotesk
- gortesk
- groetsk
- groteks
- groteskk
- grotessk
- grotsek
- grottesk
- grrotesk
- grtoesk
- rgotesk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grotesk - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grotesk", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "grotesk" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "groteske". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #25,579 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.