dreadlocked
adjective, verb
dreadlocked is spelled D-R-E-A-D-L-O-C-K-E-D: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dreadlocked means “Wearing dreadlocks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dreadlocked?
| Letters | 11: D-R-E-A-D-L-O-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is dreadlocked?
Dreadlocked appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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).
What does dreadlocked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Wearing dreadlocks.
The dreadlocked guitarist played a solo.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of dreadlock
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dreadlocked come from?
From dreadlock + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).