fucked up
/ˌfʌktˈʌp/
"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.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “fucked up” in English
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
- 1simple past and past participle of fuck up
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fucked up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I fucked up my car last night.
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.