grindcore
"grindcore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grindcore” is uncommon English (frequency #90,502 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,502
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A genre of death metal music or hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs, extremely rapid drumming and loud, undecipherable screaming.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grindcore · grindcore · English
grindcore · rank #90,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,502
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Greyfriars
Nearest frequency peer: Greyfriars (-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 “grindcore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Graig
Graig
9,508 corpus weight
- Gratiot
Gratiot
9,506 corpus weight
- greengrocer
greengrocer
9,504 corpus weight
- Greyfriars
Greyfriars
9,501 corpus weight
- grindcore
grindcore
9,499 corpus weight
- gurdy
gurdy
9,493 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “grindcore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grindcore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grindcore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grindcore is uncommon English at frequency #90,502 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A genre of death metal music or hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs, extremely rapid drumming and loud, undecipherable screaming.".
grindcore doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From grind + -core. The correct English form is grindcore, spelled G-R-I-N-D-C-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A genre of death metal music or hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs, extremely rapid drumming and loud, undecipherable screaming.
Etymology
From grind + -core.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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