attached

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The verdict

“attached” is uncommon German (frequency #83,675 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,675
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-attached · attached · German

attached · rank #83,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,675
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH atmosphärisch…

Nearest frequency peer: atmosphärischer (-1 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 „attached“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for attached
PropertyValue
Headwordattached
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,675
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „attached“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.attachedfällt 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: „atmosphärischer“ (#83,674), „attraktivste“ (#83,676), „asynchron“ (#83,673). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „attached“ bei #83,675. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

attached is uncommon German at frequency #83,675 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs attach".

No generated misspelling entries exist for attached in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is attached, spelled A-T-T-A-C-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs attach

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 "attached"?
"attached" is spelled A-T-T-A-C-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "attached" mean?
As a verb, "attached" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs attach
How do you pronounce "attached"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attached" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attached" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list