abridged
/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/adjective, verb
abridged is spelled A-B-R-I-D-G-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, abridged means “Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abridged?
| Letters | 8: A-B-R-I-D-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th 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 abridged?
Abridged appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 abridged?
- /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒd/
Abridged has 2 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-us-abridged.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abridged
- more abridged comparative
- most abridged superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abridged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of abridge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate abridged?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of abridged: abr..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abridged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cut or shortened, especially of a literary work:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abridged come from?
From abridge + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).