mentioned
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The verdict
“mentioned” is uncommon German (frequency #97,383 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,383
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs mention
Corpus desk
Index DE-mentioned · mentioned · German
mentioned · rank #97,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,383
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Menschseins
Nearest frequency peer: Menschseins (-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 “mentioned”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- melodischer
melodischer
2,623 corpus weight
- menne
menne
2,621 corpus weight
- Menorca
Menorca
2,620 corpus weight
- Menschseins
Menschseins
2,619 corpus weight
- mentioned
mentioned
2,618 corpus weight
- Mersch
Mersch
2,616 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mentioned” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentioned |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mentioned” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mentioned is uncommon German at frequency #97,383 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs mention".
No misspelling variants are generated for mentioned in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 mentioned, spelled M-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs mention
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mentioned", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 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.