asked

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The verdict

“asked” is uncommon German (frequency #78,878 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,878
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs ask

Corpus desk

Index DE-asked · asked · German

asked · rank #78,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,878
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitsunfälle

Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitsunfälle (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „asked“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „asked“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for asked
PropertyValue
Headwordasked
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „asked“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).askedfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Arbeitsunfälle“ (#78,876), „Atembeschwerden“ (#78,880), „Arbeitsschwerpunkte“ (#78,875). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „asked“ bei #78,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

asked is uncommon German at frequency #78,878 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs ask".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for asked, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is asked, spelled A-S-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs ask

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asked"?
"asked" is spelled A-S-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "asked" mean?
As a verb, "asked" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs ask
How do you pronounce "asked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asked" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asked" come from?
"asked" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "asked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amato#78,848autre#78,911Altai#78,844alaaf#78,842

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list