curved
/kɝːvd/adjective, verb
curved is spelled C-U-R-V-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, curved means “Having a curve or curves; curving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in curved?
| Letters | 6: C-U-R-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th 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 curved?
Curved appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 curved?
- UK /kɜːvd/
- US /kɝːvd/
Curved 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-curved.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with curved?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as curved from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹvd/):
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 curved
- more curved comparative
- most curved superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does curved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a curve or curves; curving.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of curve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Curved in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having a curve or curves:
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.