named

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The verdict

“named” is uncommon German (frequency #91,989 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,989
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-named · named · German

named · rank #91,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,989
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nahrungsmitte…

Nearest frequency peer: Nahrungsmittelproduktion (-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 „named“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for named
PropertyValue
Headwordnamed
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,989
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „named“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).namedfällt 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: „Nahrungsmittelproduktion“ (#91,988), „nahende“ (#91,987), „Naturdenkmal“ (#91,991). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „named“ bei #91,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

named is uncommon German at frequency #91,989 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs name".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for named, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is named, spelled N-A-M-E-D.

Definition

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    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs name

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 "named"?
"named" is spelled N-A-M-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "named" mean?
As a verb, "named" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs name
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list