grampa
"grampa" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grampa” is uncommon English (frequency #61,501 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,501
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grandfather
Corpus desk
Index EN-grampa · grampa · English
grampa · rank #61,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,501
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gouache
Nearest frequency peer: gouache (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “grampa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glycolysis
glycolysis
38,504 corpus weight
- gnarled
gnarled
38,503 corpus weight
- gouache
gouache
38,501 corpus weight
- grampa
grampa
38,500 corpus weight
- griffon
griffon
38,498 corpus weight
- Gruen
Gruen
38,496 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “grampa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grampa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grampa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grampa is uncommon English at frequency #61,501 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grandfather".
Zero misspellings are on record for grampa in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of grandpa. The correct English form is grampa, spelled G-R-A-M-P-A.
Definition
- 1grandfather
Etymology
Alteration of grandpa.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).