charged
/t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒd/adjective, verb
charged is spelled C-H-A-R-G-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, charged means “Arousing strong emotion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in charged?
| Letters | 7: C-H-A-R-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 42 times per million words; the 2,392nd 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 charged?
Charged appears 42 times per million words in written English, the 2,392nd 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 charged?
- UK /t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒd/
- US /t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒd/
Charged 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: En-us-charged.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of charged
- more charged comparative
- most charged superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does charged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Arousing strong emotion.
a charged issue in American politics
- 2
Showing or having strong emotion.
an emotionally charged plea
- 3
Fraught with emotion; tense.
- 4
Having electricity.
charged particles
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of charge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate charged?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of charged: chgd..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Charged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | cargado |
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.