clothed
/ˈkloʊðd/adjective, verb
clothed is spelled C-L-O-T-H-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, clothed means “Wearing clothes or clothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clothed?
| Letters | 7: C-L-O-T-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th 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 clothed?
Clothed appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 clothed?
- UK /ˈkləʊðd/
- US /ˈkloʊðd/
- /ˈkloðd/
As an adjective (“Covered with a cloth”): /klɔθt/, /klɑθt/, /klɒθt/.
Clothed 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-clothed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does clothed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Wearing clothes or clothing.
- 2
Covered with a cloth.
a white-clothed table
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of clothe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clothed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense wearing clothing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | bekleidet |
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 clothed come from?
From clothe + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).