gratulierte
[ɡʁatuˈliːɐ̯tə]
The verdict
“gratulierte” is uncommon German (frequency #52,128 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,128
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs gratulieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-gratulierte · gratulierte · German
gratulierte · rank #52,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,128
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH grauenvoll
Nearest frequency peer: grauenvoll (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gratulierte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Giftstoffe
Giftstoffe
47,877 corpus weight
- glutenfrei
glutenfrei
47,876 corpus weight
- gratulierte
gratulierte
47,873 corpus weight
- grauenvoll
grauenvoll
47,872 corpus weight
- Greece
Greece
47,870 corpus weight
- groot
groot
47,869 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gratulierte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratulierte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡʁatuˈliːɐ̯tə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gratulierte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gratulierte is uncommon German at frequency #52,128 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡʁatuˈliːɐ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gratulierte, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gratulierte, spelled G-R-A-T-U-L-I-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs gratulieren
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs gratulieren
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs gratulieren
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs gratulieren
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gratulierte", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.