contaminated
adjective, verb
contaminated is spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-T-E-D: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, contaminated means “adulterated; impure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in contaminated?
| Letters | 12: C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th 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 contaminated?
Contaminated appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 contaminated?
- US
Contaminated has 5 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-contaminated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of contaminated
- more contaminated comparative
- most contaminated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contaminated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
adulterated; impure
- 2
made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of contaminate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Contaminated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense adulterated; impure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | contaminado |
| Spanish | contaminado |
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.