cliffed
adjective
cliffed is an adjective meaning “formed by cliffs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-L-I-F-F-E-D, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does cliffed mean?
adjective
- 1
formed by cliffs
The abundance of cliffed coasts around the world reflects the major changes that have taken place between relative levels of land and sea in recent geological times.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cliffed
- more cliffed comparative
- most cliffed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cliffed?
Cliffed appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd 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).
Cliffed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense formed by cliffs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | acidentado, penhascoso |
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 cliffed come from?
From cliff + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).