grunz
[ɡʁʊnt͡s]
The verdict
“grunz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grunzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grunz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡʁʊnt͡s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grunz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grunz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡʁʊnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grunzen".
grunz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is grunz, spelled G-R-U-N-Z.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grunzen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grunz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-U-N-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.