fragte

/[ˈfʁaːktə]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,823

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

fragte is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fragen Pronounced [ˈfʁaːktə]. It ranks #2,823 in German word frequency. Often confused with fügte and frame.

Key facts for fragte
PropertyValue
Headwordfragte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfʁaːktə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,823
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fragte in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fragte is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁaːktə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,823 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for fragte, with forms such as "fargte", "ffragte", and "fraget". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "fügte", "frame", "France", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is fragte, spelled F-R-A-G-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fragen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fragen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fragen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fragen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fargte,ffragte,fraget,fraggte,fragtte,fratge,frgate,frragte,rfagte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fragte

Misspelling Variants of "fragte"

fargte6ffragte7fraget6fraggte7fragtte7fratge6frgate6frragte7
Misspelling Variants of "fragte"

Frequency rank: #2,823 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fragte"?
"fragte" is spelled F-R-A-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁaːktə].
What does "fragte" mean?
As a verb, "fragte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fragen
What words are commonly confused with "fragte"?
"fragte" is commonly confused with "fügte", "frame", "France". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fragte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fragte" is [ˈfʁaːktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fragte" come from?
"fragte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.