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assorted

adjective, verb

assorted is spelled A-S-S-O-R-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, assorted means “Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in assorted?

Letters8: A-S-S-O-R-T-E-D
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 assorted?

Assorted appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st 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 assorted?

    Assorted has 3 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 assorted

    • more assorted comparative
    • most assorted superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does assorted mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.

    verb

    1. 1

      simple past and past participle of assort (a form of assort)

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Assorted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

    In the sense composed of different kinds:

    LanguageWords
    Frenchassorti, connexe, divers, différent
    Germangemischt
    Portuguesesortido, variado
    Spanishsurtido

    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.

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