dotted
/ˈdɑtɪd/adjective, verb
dotted is spelled D-O-T-T-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dotted means “Made up of a series of dots” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dotted?
| Letters | 6: D-O-T-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th 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 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 dotted?
Dotted appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 dotted?
- US /ˈdɑtɪd/
- UK /ˈdɒtɪd/
Dotted 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-dotted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with dotted?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dotted from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtɪd/):
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 dotted
- more dotted comparative
- most dotted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dotted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Made up of a series of dots.
Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.
- 2
That contains dots.
- 3
With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
- 4
Covered with irregularly scattered objects.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of dot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dotted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (of a line) made up of a series of dots:
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.
Where does dotted come from?
From dot + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).