devastated
/ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/adjective, verb
devastated is spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is devestated: about 130 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Devastated is an adjective meaning “Ruined, ravaged”.
How many letters and syllables are in devastated?
| Letters | 10: D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, devestated, about 130 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell devastated?
Devastated is spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-T-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for devastated in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is devastated?
Devastated appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 devastated?
- /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/
Devastated has 4 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-devastated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of devastated
- more devastated comparative
- most devastated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does devastated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Ruined, ravaged.
the devastated city
- 2
Extremely upset and shocked.
Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of devastate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Devastated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dévasté, ravagé, ruiné , effondré, accablé |
| German | verwüstet, verheert , gebrochen, am Boden zerstört |
| Portuguese | devastado, arruinado |
| Spanish | devastado |
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.