distorted
dis·tort·ed/dɪsˈtɔɹtɪd/adjective, verb
distorted is spelled D-I-S-T-O-R-T-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables (dis·tort·ed). It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, distorted means “Unnatural in shape or size; abnormal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in distorted?
| Letters | 9: D-I-S-T-O-R-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: dis·tort·ed |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is distorted?
Distorted appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 distorted?
- US /dɪsˈtɔɹtɪd/
- UK /dɪsˈtɔːtɪd/
Distorted has 3 syllables, split dis·tort·ed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-distorted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with distorted?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as distorted from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹtɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of distorted
- more distorted comparative
- most distorted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does distorted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Unnatural in shape or size; abnormal.
distorted image
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of distort
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).