accelerated
adjective, verb
accelerated is spelled A-C-C-E-L-E-R-A-T-E-D: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, accelerated means “Moving or progressing faster than is usual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in accelerated?
| Letters | 11: A-C-C-E-L-E-R-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 accelerated?
Accelerated appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 accelerated?
Accelerated has 5 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).
Forms of accelerated
- more accelerated comparative
- most accelerated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accelerated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
- 2
Happening sooner than expected.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of accelerate
For quotations using this term, see Citations:accelerated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Accelerated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense moving or progressing faster than is usual:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | accéléré |
| German | beschleunigt |
| Portuguese | acelerado |
| Spanish | acelerado, accelerado |
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.