crossed
/kɹɔst/adjective, verb
crossed is spelled C-R-O-S-S-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crossed means “Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crossed?
| Letters | 7: C-R-O-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 22 times per million words; the 3,939th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 crossed?
Crossed appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th 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 crossed?
- UK /kɹɒst/
- US /kɹɔst/
- /kɹɑst/
Crossed 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-crossed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crossed?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crossed from its last stressed vowel (/ɔst/):
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).
What does crossed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation.
- 2
Folded.
crossed legs
- 3
Cruciate.
- 4
Having a cross placed on it, or (with respect to the arms of a cross) having a bar placed crosswise over (an existing bar) so as to form a cross.
- 5
slangCrossfaded.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of cross
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).