fucked up
/ˌfʌktˈʌp/
"fucked-up" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fucked up” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of fuck up
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fucked up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌfʌktˈʌp/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fucked up” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fucked up is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌfʌktˈʌp/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1simple past and past participle of fuck up
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.
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Using “fucked up”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-C-K-E-D- -U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌfʌktˈʌp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.