fucked up

/ˌfʌktˈʌp/

//ˌfʌktˈʌp// verb

"fucked-up" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fucked up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of fuck up

Corpus desk

Index EN-fucked-up · fucked up · English

fucked up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Key facts for fucked up
PropertyValue
Headwordfucked up
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˌfʌktˈʌp/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fucked up” in English

fucked upsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fucked up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌfʌktˈʌp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of fuck up".

Zero misspellings are on record for fucked up in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is fucked up, spelled F-U-C-K-E-D- -U-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of fuck up

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I fucked up my car last night.
  2. Well, for me, personally, I think the first step is realizing where I fucked up, and then taking steps to apologize and make amends (where possible).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fucked up"?
"fucked up" is spelled F-U-C-K-E-D- -U-P. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌfʌktˈʌp/.
What does "fucked up" mean?
As a verb, "fucked up" means: simple past and past participle of fuck up
How do you pronounce "fucked up"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fucked up" is /ˌfʌktˈʌp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fucked up" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list