disturbed
/dɪsˈtɝbd/adjective, verb
disturbed is spelled D-I-S-T-U-R-B-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, disturbed means “Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disturbed?
| Letters | 9: D-I-S-T-U-R-B-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is disturbed?
Disturbed appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th 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 disturbed?
- UK /dɪsˈtɜːbd/
- US /dɪsˈtɝbd/
Disturbed 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-disturbed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disturbed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as disturbed (/ɜɹbd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: subreddit.
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 disturbed
- more disturbed comparative
- most disturbed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disturbed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
disturbed boy
- 2
Extremely alarmed; shocked.
- 3
Having been altered or changed.
disturbed soil
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of disturb
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disturbed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | gestört |
| Spanish | trastornado |
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.