started

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The verdict

“started” is uncommon German (frequency #55,738 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,738
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-started · started · German

started · rank #55,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,738
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Standstreifen

Nearest frequency peer: Standstreifen (-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 „started“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for started
PropertyValue
Headwordstarted
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,738
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „started“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).startedfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Standstreifen“ (#55,737), „Stelldichein“ (#55,739), „Stadtgrenzen“ (#55,735). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „started“ bei #55,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

started is uncommon German at frequency #55,738 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs start".

No misspelling variants are generated for started in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is started, spelled S-T-A-R-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs start

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 "started"?
"started" is spelled S-T-A-R-T-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "started" mean?
As a verb, "started" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs start
How do you pronounce "started"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "started" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sprayer#55,731stretch#55,748sträubt#55,749suchend#55,750

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list