grünt
[ɡʁyːnt]
The verdict
“grünt” is uncommon German (frequency #76,861 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,861
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grünen
Corpus desk
Index DE-grunt · grünt · German
grünt · rank #76,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,861
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH Gurus
Nearest frequency peer: Gurus (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “grünt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- greifende
greifende
23,147 corpus weight
- grünt
grünt
23,140 corpus weight
- Gurus
Gurus
23,138 corpus weight
- György
György
23,137 corpus weight
- gütlich
gütlich
23,136 corpus weight
- Haares
Haares
23,135 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “grünt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grünt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡʁyːnt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grünt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grünt is uncommon German at frequency #76,861 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡʁyːnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grünt, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is grünt, spelled G-R-Ü-N-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grünen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grünen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grünen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grünt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.