abducted
/æbˈdʌktɪd/adjective, verb
abducted is spelled A-B-D-U-C-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, abducted means “Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abducted?
| Letters | 8: A-B-D-U-C-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abducted?
Abducted appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abducted?
- /æbˈdʌktɪd/
Abducted has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-abducted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does abducted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction.
Police are searching for an abducted child.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of abduct
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).