alienated
adjective, verb
alienated is spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-T-E-D: 9 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, alienated means “Isolated; excluded; estranged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in alienated?
| Letters | 9: A-L-I-E-N-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th 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 alienated?
Alienated appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th 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 alienated?
Alienated 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 alienated
- more alienated comparative
- most alienated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alienated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Isolated; excluded; estranged.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of alienate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Alienated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense isolated, excluded or estranged:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | entfremdet |
| Portuguese | alienado |
| Spanish | alienado |
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.