graupel
graup·el/ˈɡɹaʊp(ə)l/noun
graupel is spelled G-R-A-U-P-E-L: 7 letters and 2 syllables (graup·el). It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, graupel means “A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of graupel is graupels.
How many letters and syllables are in graupel?
| Letters | 7: G-R-A-U-P-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: graup·el |
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd 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; 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 graupel?
Graupel appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 graupel?
- US /ˈɡɹaʊp(ə)l/
Graupel has 2 syllables, split graup·el in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-graupel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with graupel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as graupel (/aʊpl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: earplug.
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 graupel
- graupels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does graupel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.
- 2
A small ball of rime resulting from this process.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Graupel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowfl:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | neige roulée |
| German | Graupel |
| Portuguese | graupel |
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 graupel come from?
Borrowed from German Graupel(wetter) (literally “graupel (weather)”). Graupel is a back-formation from graupeln (“to hail (with soft hailstones)”) + -el (diminutive suffix); and graupeln is from Graupe (“hulled grain, pearl barley”) (ultimately from Proto-Slavic *krūpà (“grainy substance; groats; hail”) and Proto-Indo-European *krewp-) + -eln (suffix forming verbs, often with a diminutive or frequentative sense).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).