grabowski
noun
grabowski is spelled G-R-A-B-O-W-S-K-I: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grabowski means “A determined and hardworking person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grabowski is grabowskis.
How many letters and syllables are in grabowski?
| Letters | 9: G-R-A-B-O-W-S-K-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is grabowski?
Grabowski appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 grabowski?
Grabowski has 3 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-grabowski.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grabowski
- grabowskis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grabowski mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA determined and hardworking person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grabowski come from?
From Grabowski, which is borrowed from Polish Grabowski. The slang word grabowski was popularized by Mike Ditka calling the Chicago Bears "Grabowskis", combined with Chicago's large working-class Polish population.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).