dressed
/ˈdɹɛst/adjective, verb
dressed is spelled D-R-E-S-S-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dressed means “Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dressed?
| Letters | 7: D-R-E-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,479th 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 dressed?
Dressed appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th 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 dressed?
- /ˈdɹɛst/
Dressed 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: En-us-dressed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does dressed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
- 2
Prepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing.
- 3
Wearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word).
- 4
Wearing a dress.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of dress
The girls were dressed in green.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dressed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having clothes on:
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.