bloated
/ˈbloʊtɪd/adjective, verb
bloated is spelled B-L-O-A-T-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bloated means “Swollen with fluid or gas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bloated?
| Letters | 7: B-L-O-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 bloated?
Bloated appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 bloated?
- US /ˈbloʊtɪd/
Bloated has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-bloated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bloated?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bloated from its last stressed vowel (/oʊtɪd/):
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 bloated
- more bloated comparative
- most bloated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bloated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Swollen with fluid or gas.
- 2
Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
- 3
Excessively overloaded with features, like bloatware.
- 4
Slightly salted and lightly smoked.
a bloated herring
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of bloat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bloated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gonflé , gigantesque, fortuné |
| Portuguese | inchado |
| Spanish | hinchado |
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.