caught

[kɔːt]

/[kɔːt]/ verb

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The verdict

“caught” is uncommon German (frequency #87,544 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,544
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-caught · caught · German

caught · rank #87,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,544
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Catholic

Nearest frequency peer: Catholic (-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 „caught“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caught
PropertyValue
Headwordcaught
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kɔːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,544
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „caught“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).caughtfällt 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: „Catholic“ (#87,543), „Centurion“ (#87,545), „casas“ (#87,542). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „caught“ bei #87,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caught is uncommon German at frequency #87,544 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kɔːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs catch".

caught has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is caught, spelled C-A-U-G-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs catch

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 "caught"?
"caught" is spelled C-A-U-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔːt].
What does "caught" mean?
As a verb, "caught" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs catch
How do you pronounce "caught"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caught" is [kɔːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caught" come from?
"caught" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dekans#87,580Binsen#87,501dorsal#87,601Baiser#87,448

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list