Graz
/ɡɹɑːts/
"graz" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Graz” is uncommon English (frequency #51,145 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,145
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The capital of and largest city in the state of Styria, Austria, and the second-largest city in the country.
Corpus desk
Index EN-graz · Graz · English
Graz · rank #51,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,145
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gooseberry
Nearest frequency peer: gooseberry (-2 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 “Graz”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gnocchi
gnocchi
48,863 corpus weight
- gobsmacked
gobsmacked
48,862 corpus weight
- godliness
godliness
48,861 corpus weight
- gooseberry
gooseberry
48,858 corpus weight
- Graz
Graz
48,856 corpus weight
- haj
haj
48,850 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Graz” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Graz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹɑːts/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Graz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Graz is uncommon English at frequency #51,145 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɡɹɑːts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The capital of and largest city in the state of Styria, Austria, and the second-largest city in the country.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Graz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Graz, from Proto-Slavic *gordьcь (“small castle”), diminutive of *gordъ (“fortification”). The correct English form is Graz, spelled G-R-A-Z.
Definition
- 1The capital of and largest city in the state of Styria, Austria, and the second-largest city in the country.
Etymology
From German Graz, from Proto-Slavic *gordьcь (“small castle”), diminutive of *gordъ (“fortification”).
This word in other languages
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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