Sandgrube
[ˈzantˌɡʁuːbə]
The verdict
“Sandgrube” is uncommon German (frequency #97,629 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,629
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grube, aus der Sand abgebaut wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-sandgrube · Sandgrube · German
Sandgrube · rank #97,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,629
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sammelplatz
Nearest frequency peer: Sammelplatz (-1 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 „Sandgrube“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Salier
Salier
2,376 corpus weight
- Salomons
Salomons
2,374 corpus weight
- Sammelplatz
Sammelplatz
2,373 corpus weight
- Sandgrube
Sandgrube
2,372 corpus weight
- Sandplatz
Sandplatz
2,371 corpus weight
- santé
santé
2,370 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sandgrube“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sandgrube |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzantˌɡʁuːbə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sandgrube“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sandgrube is uncommon German at frequency #97,629 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzantˌɡʁuːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grube, aus der Sand abgebaut wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sandgrube in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sandgrube, spelled S-A-N-D-G-R-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Grube, aus der Sand abgebaut wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sandgrube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Unten am Strand gibt es eine Sandgrube, da laden die Rurales Leichen ab.‹“
This word in other languages
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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