dished
/dɪʃt/adjective, verb
dished is spelled D-I-S-H-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dished means “Shaped like a dish; concave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dished?
| Letters | 6: D-I-S-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd 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 dished?
Dished appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 dished?
- /dɪʃt/
Dished 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)-Vealhurl-dished.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does dished mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Shaped like a dish; concave.
Bicycle and cart wheels are often dished.
- 2
archaiccolloquialDefeated, exhausted.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of dish
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).