animated
an·i·mated/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/adjective, verb
animated is spelled A-N-I-M-A-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables (an·i·mated). It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, animated means “Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in animated?
| Letters | 8: A-N-I-M-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: an·i·mated |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th 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; 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 animated?
Animated appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 animated?
- /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/
Animated has 3 syllables, split an·i·mated in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-animated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with animated?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as animated.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: diamante.
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 animated
- more animated comparative
- most animated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does animated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
an animated discussion
- 2
Endowed with life.
- 3
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that have the illusion of motion through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
an animated film
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of animate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Animated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense endowed with life:
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.