grammatical case
/ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl keɪs/
"grammatical-case" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grammatical case” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially on its syntactic function in a phrase.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grammatical-case · grammatical case · English
grammatical case · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grammatical case |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl keɪs/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grammatical case” sits in English frequency
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grammatical case is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl keɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially on its syntactic function in a phrase.".
grammatical case has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is grammatical case, spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-T-I-C-A-L- -C-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1A mode of inflection of a word dependent on its use, especially on its syntactic function in a phrase.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grammatical case appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The grammatical cases nominative and accusative are used for subject resp. direct object in many languages, including Latin.
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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.
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