damaged
/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒd/adjective, verb
damaged is spelled D-A-M-A-G-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, damaged means “That has suffered damage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in damaged?
| Letters | 7: D-A-M-A-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,683rd 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 damaged?
Damaged appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd 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 damaged?
- /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒd/
Damaged 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-damaged.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of damaged
- more damaged comparative
- most damaged superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does damaged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That has suffered damage.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of damage
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Damaged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense suffered a damage:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | beschädigt |
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.