abused
/əˈbjuːzd/adjective, verb
abused is spelled A-B-U-S-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, abused means “Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abused?
| Letters | 6: A-B-U-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abused?
Abused appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st 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 abused?
- /əˈbjuːzd/
Abused has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-abused.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abused
- more abused comparative
- most abused superlative
- abus'd
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abused mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
- 2
Overused; used profligately or in excess.
- 3
obsoleteDeluded, deceived.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of abuse
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abused.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).