diseased
/dɪˈzizd/adjective, verb
diseased is spelled D-I-S-E-A-S-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “deceased vs diseased” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, diseased means “Affected with or suffering from disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in diseased?
| Letters | 8: D-I-S-E-A-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); 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 common is diseased?
Diseased appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 diseased?
- UK /dɪˈziːzd/
- US /dɪˈzizd/
Diseased 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-diseased.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with diseased
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of diseased
- more diseased comparative
- most diseased superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diseased mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Affected with or suffering from disease.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of disease
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diseased in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense affected with of suffering from disease:
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.