silbergrau
[ˈzɪlbɐˌɡʁaʊ̯]
The verdict
“silbergrau” is uncommon German (frequency #96,260 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,260
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - silbrig glänzend grau
Corpus desk
Index DE-silbergrau · silbergrau · German
silbergrau · rank #96,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,260
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Siegerinnen
Nearest frequency peer: Siegerinnen (-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 „silbergrau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Siebener
Siebener
3,744 corpus weight
- Siebenkampf
Siebenkampf
3,743 corpus weight
- Siegerinnen
Siegerinnen
3,742 corpus weight
- silbergrau
silbergrau
3,741 corpus weight
- Simferopol
Simferopol
3,740 corpus weight
- Sinnkrise
Sinnkrise
3,738 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „silbergrau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | silbergrau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɪlbɐˌɡʁaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „silbergrau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
silbergrau is uncommon German at frequency #96,260 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɪlbɐˌɡʁaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "silbrig glänzend grau".
Zero misspellings are on record for silbergrau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is silbergrau, spelled S-I-L-B-E-R-G-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1silbrig glänzend grau
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how silbergrau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein silbergraues Cabriolet überholte uns noch vor der Ausfahrt.
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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