anticipated
adjective, verb
anticipated is spelled A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E-D: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, anticipated means “expected to arrive; scheduled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anticipated?
| Letters | 11: A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,230th 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 anticipated?
Anticipated appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th 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 anticipated?
Anticipated 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 anticipated
- more anticipated comparative
- most anticipated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anticipated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
expected to arrive; scheduled
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of anticipate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anticipated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense expected to arrive:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | antecipado |
| Spanish | anticipado, anticiparse |
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.