grim
/ɡrɪm/
The verdict
“grim” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,853 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,853
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nefasto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grim |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡrɪm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grim” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grim is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,853 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɡrɪm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
grim has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is grim, spelled G-R-I-M.
Definition
- 1Nefasto.
- 2Desalentador.
- 3Serio.
- 4Absoluto.
- 5Sombrío.
- 6Adusto.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grim”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡrɪm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.