updated

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/[…]/ verb

The verdict

“updated” is uncommon German (frequency #77,468 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,468
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-updated · updated · German

updated · rank #77,468 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,468
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unwesentliche

Nearest frequency peer: unwesentliche (-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 „updated“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for updated
PropertyValue
Headwordupdated
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,468
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „updated“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).updatedfällt 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: „unwesentliche“ (#77,467), „Urlaubsfotos“ (#77,469), „Uroma“ (#77,470). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „updated“ bei #77,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

updated is uncommon German at frequency #77,468 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs update".

No misspelling variants are generated for updated in our index, 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is updated, spelled U-P-D-A-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs update

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 "updated"?
"updated" is spelled U-P-D-A-T-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "updated" mean?
As a verb, "updated" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs update
How do you pronounce "updated"?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list