married

[mæɹiːd]

/[mæɹiːd]/ adj

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The verdict

“married” is uncommon German (frequency #81,851 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,851
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verheiratet

Corpus desk

Index DE-married · married · German

married · rank #81,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,851
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marshmallows

Nearest frequency peer: Marshmallows (+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 „married“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for married
PropertyValue
Headwordmarried
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[mæɹiːd]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „married“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).marriedfällt 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: „Marshmallows“ (#81,852), „Masochismus“ (#81,853), „Massenmorde“ (#81,854). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „married“ bei #81,851. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

married is uncommon German at frequency #81,851 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mæɹiːd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verheiratet".

No misspelling variants are generated for married in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is married, spelled M-A-R-R-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    verheiratet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how married appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She is married with two children.

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 "married"?
"married" is spelled M-A-R-R-I-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is [mæɹiːd].
What does "married" mean?
As an adjective, "married" means: verheiratet
How do you pronounce "married"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "married" is [mæɹiːd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "married" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Masuren#81,856Melodik#81,865Limoges#81,825monogam#81,889

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list