graben
noun
graben is spelled G-R-A-B-E-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, graben means “An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of graben is grabens.
How many letters and syllables are in graben?
| Letters | 6: G-R-A-B-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is graben?
Graben appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce graben?
Graben has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with graben?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as graben.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: banger.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of graben
- grabens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does graben mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Graben in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense elongated block of the Earth's crust that has dropped relative to the surroundin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Graben |
| Portuguese | graben |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does graben come from?
Borrowed from German Graben (“ditch”), from the verb graben (“to dig”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).