aspirated
adjective, verb
aspirated is spelled A-S-P-I-R-A-T-E-D: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aspirated means “Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aspirated?
| Letters | 9: A-S-P-I-R-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 aspirated?
Aspirated appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 aspirated?
Aspirated has 4 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).
What rhymes with aspirated?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as aspirated.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: disparate.
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 aspirated
- more aspirated comparative
- most aspirated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aspirated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
In English, word-initial single voiceless consonants are aspirated, so that pit is pronounced [pʰɪt] but spit is pronounced [spɪt].
- 2
In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.
The h in haine is aspirated, so one says la haine, not l'haine.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of aspirate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aspirated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pronounced with an audible breath:
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.