Grindelwald
"grindelwald" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Grindelwald” is uncommon English (frequency #71,549 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,549
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A village and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grindelwald · Grindelwald · English
Grindelwald · rank #71,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,549
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gritting
Nearest frequency peer: gritting (+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 “Grindelwald”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Grau
Grau
28,457 corpus weight
- gribble
gribble
28,454 corpus weight
- Grindelwald
Grindelwald
28,452 corpus weight
- gritting
gritting
28,451 corpus weight
- habitability
habitability
28,449 corpus weight
- hairstyling
hairstyling
28,448 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Grindelwald” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grindelwald |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Grindelwald” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Grindelwald is uncommon English at frequency #71,549 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Grindelwald in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 Alemannic German, probably corresponding to Grindel (from Middle High German grintel, from Old High German grintil (“bar, bolt”)) + Wald (“forest”). The correct English form is Grindelwald, spelled G-R-I-N-D-E-L-W-A-L-D.
Definition
- 1A village and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland.
- 2A locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
Etymology
From Alemannic German, probably corresponding to Grindel (from Middle High German grintel, from Old High German grintil (“bar, bolt”)) + Wald (“forest”).
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).