chilled
/t͡ʃɪld/adjective, verb
chilled is spelled C-H-I-L-L-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, chilled means “Cooled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in chilled?
| Letters | 7: C-H-I-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th 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 chilled?
Chilled appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 chilled?
- /t͡ʃɪld/
Chilled 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-chilled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chilled
- more chilled comparative
- most chilled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chilled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Cooled.
The chilled beer was refreshing on the hot day.
- 2
Having chills, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.
verb
- 1
simple past of chill
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chilled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cooled:
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 chilled come from?
From Middle English chilled, chylled, equivalent to chill + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).