compassed
/ˈkʌmpəst/verb
compassed is spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-S-E-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, compassed means “simple past and past participle of compass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in compassed?
| Letters | 9: C-O-M-P-A-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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).
How common is compassed?
Compassed appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 compassed?
- /ˈkʌmpəst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-compassed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of compassed
- more compassed comparative
- most compassed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does compassed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of compass
adjective
- 1
obsoleterounded; arched
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).