aged
/eɪdʒd/adjective, noun, verb
aged is spelled A-G-E-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,992nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aged means “Old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aged?
| Letters | 4: A-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,992nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is aged?
Aged appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,992nd 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 aged?
- /eɪdʒd/
As a noun (“Old people, collectively”): /ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/, /eɪdʒd/.
Aged has one syllable (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-aged.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aged_(adj).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with aged?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as aged.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gade, egad, dage.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of aged
- more aged comparative
- further aged comparative
- farther aged comparative
- most aged superlative
- furthest aged superlative
- farthest aged superlative
- agèd
- more agèd comparative
- most agèd superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Old.
I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.
- 2
Having the age of.
Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.
- 3
Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
aged whiskey
noun
- 1
Old people, collectively.
the aged
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of age
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of aged.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.