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broken hearted

adjective

broken hearted is spelled B-R-O-K-E-N-H-E-A-R-T-E-D: 13 letters. As an adjective, broken hearted means “Of a person, that has a broken heart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in broken hearted?

Letters13: B-R-O-K-E-N-H-E-A-R-T-E-D
In writinga phrase: the frequency list counts single words
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with broken hearted

Also written: brokenhearted (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of broken hearted

  • more broken-hearted comparative
  • most broken-hearted superlative
  • more broken hearted comparative
  • most broken hearted superlative

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

What does broken hearted mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a person, that has a broken heart.

adjective

as broken-hearted
  1. 1

    Alternative form of brokenhearted

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

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