alarmed
/əˈlɑɹmd/adjective, verb
alarmed is spelled A-L-A-R-M-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, alarmed means “Having an alarm fitted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in alarmed?
| Letters | 7: A-L-A-R-M-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is alarmed?
Alarmed appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 alarmed?
- US /əˈlɑɹmd/
- UK /əˈlɑːmd/
Alarmed has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-alarmed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with alarmed?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as alarmed from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹmd/):
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 alarmed
- more alarmed comparative
- most alarmed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alarmed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having an alarm fitted.
This door is alarmed.
- 2
Worried; anxious; panicky.
I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of alarm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Alarmed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having an alarm fitted:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | alarmiert, beunruhigt |
| Portuguese | alarmado |
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.