afeared
/əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/adjective, verb
afeared is spelled A-F-E-A-R-E-D: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, afeared means “Afraid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in afeared?
| Letters | 7: A-F-E-A-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th 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 afeared?
Afeared appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 afeared?
- /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-afeared.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does afeared mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Afraid.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of afear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does afeared come from?
Inherited from Middle English aferd.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).