deserted

/dəˈzɜɹtəd/adjective, verb

deserted is spelled D-E-S-E-R-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, deserted means “Abandoned, without people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in deserted?

Letters	8: D-E-S-E-R-T-E-D
Syllables	3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th 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 deserted?

Deserted appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form in the list.

deserted0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce deserted?

UK /dɪˈzɜː(ɹ)tɪd/
US /dəˈzɜɹtəd/
US [dəˈzɝɾəd]

Deserted has 3 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-deserted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of deserted

more deserted comparative
most deserted superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does deserted mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Abandoned, without people.
2
desolate

verb

1
simple past and past participle of desert (a form of desert)