Grundwasser
[ˈɡʁʊntˌvasɐ]
The verdict
“Grundwasser” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #15,649 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,649
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nach DIN 4049 definiert als „unterirdisches Wasser, das die Hohlräume der Erdrinde zusammenhängend ausfüllt und dessen Bewegung ausschließlich oder nahezu ausschließlich von der Schwerkraft und den...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grundwasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁʊntˌvasɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #15,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grundwasser” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Grundwasser is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁʊntˌvasɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,649 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nach DIN 4049 definiert als „unterirdisches Wasser, das die Hohlräume der Erdrinde zusammenhängend ausfüllt und dessen Bewegung ausschließlich oder nahezu ausschließlich von der Schwerkraft und den...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grundwasser, with forms such as "ggrundwasser", "grnudwasser", and "grrundwasser". 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. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Grundwasser, spelled G-R-U-N-D-W-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1nach DIN 4049 definiert als „unterirdisches Wasser, das die Hohlräume der Erdrinde zusammenhängend ausfüllt und dessen Bewegung ausschließlich oder nahezu ausschließlich von der Schwerkraft und den durch die Bewegung selbst ausgelösten Reibungskräften bestimmt wird“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggrundwasser,grnudwasser,grrundwasser,grudnwasser,grundawsser,grunddwasser,grundwaser,grundwasesr,grundwasserr,grundwassre,grundwaßer,grundwsaser,grundwwasser,grunndwasser,grunwdasser,gurndwasser,rgundwasser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grundwasser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Grundwasser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-U-N-D-W-A-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁʊntˌvasɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.