grumpy

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The verdict

“grumpy” is uncommon German (frequency #63,389 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,389
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mürrisch, reizbar, verdrießlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-grumpy · grumpy · German

grumpy · rank #63,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,389
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Grundschulalt…

Nearest frequency peer: Grundschulalter (+2 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 „grumpy“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grumpy
PropertyValue
Headwordgrumpy
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „grumpy“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.grumpyfällt 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: „Grundschulalter“ (#63,391), „Groupies“ (#63,386), „Gruppenspielen“ (#63,392). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „grumpy“ bei #63,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grumpy is uncommon German at frequency #63,389 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mürrisch, reizbar, verdrießlich".

No misspelling variants are generated for grumpy in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is grumpy, spelled G-R-U-M-P-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    mürrisch, reizbar, verdrießlich

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 "grumpy"?
"grumpy" is spelled G-R-U-M-P-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "grumpy" mean?
As an adjective, "grumpy" means: mürrisch, reizbar, verdrießlich
How do you pronounce "grumpy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grumpy" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grumpy" come from?
"grumpy" 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 "grumpy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list