Gruselfilm
[ˈɡʁuːzl̩ˌfɪlm]
The verdict
“Gruselfilm” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gruseliger, bei Zuschauern Schrecken hervorrufender Film
Corpus desk
Index DE-gruselfilm · Gruselfilm · German
Gruselfilm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gruselfilm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁuːzl̩ˌfɪlm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gruselfilm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gruselfilm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁuːzl̩ˌfɪlm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gruseliger, bei Zuschauern Schrecken hervorrufender Film".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gruselfilm, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gruselfilm, spelled G-R-U-S-E-L-F-I-L-M.
Definition
- 1gruseliger, bei Zuschauern Schrecken hervorrufender Film
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gruselfilm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sonderbare Szenen schwirrten ihm durch den Kopf, Bildfetzen aus alten Gruselfilmen, Heimlichkeit und mumifizierte Leichen im mitternächtlichen Fackelschein.“
Synonyms
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.