corrupted
cor·rupt·ed/kəˈɹʌptɪd/adjective, verb
corrupted is spelled C-O-R-R-U-P-T-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables (cor·rupt·ed). It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, corrupted means “Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in corrupted?
| Letters | 9: C-O-R-R-U-P-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cor·rupt·ed |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th 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 corrupted?
Corrupted appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 corrupted?
- /kəˈɹʌptɪd/
Corrupted has 3 syllables, split cor·rupt·ed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-corrupted.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of corrupted
- more corrupted comparative
- most corrupted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does corrupted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
- 2
Dishonest.
- 3
Containing errors.
It proved impossible to recover any data from the corrupted disk.
verb
- 1
past participle of corrupt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Corrupted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved:
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.