compressed
/kəmˈpɹɛst/adjective, verb
compressed is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-D: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, compressed means “Pressed tightly together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in compressed?
| Letters | 10: C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is compressed?
Compressed appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 compressed?
- /kəmˈpɹɛst/
Compressed has 2 syllables (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-compressed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with compressed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as compressed.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: decompress.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of compressed
- more compressed comparative
- most compressed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does compressed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pressed tightly together.
compressed air
- 2
Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
The gas remains compressed inside the cylinder.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of compress
The file is stored in a compressed format.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).