beached
/biːt͡ʃt/adjective, verb
beached is spelled B-E-A-C-H-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. 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, beached means “Run or brought ashore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in beached?
| Letters | 7: B-E-A-C-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (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 |
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 beached?
Beached 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 beached?
- /biːt͡ʃt/
Beached has one syllable (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-beached.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of beached
- more beached comparative
- most beached superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beached mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Run or brought ashore
It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices.
- 2
Stranded and helpless, especially on a beach
a beached whale
- 3
archaicHaving a beach.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of beach
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beached in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense stranded and helpless, especially on a beach:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | varado |
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.
Where does beached come from?
See beach (verb)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).