eared
/ɪ(ə)ɹd/adjective, verb
eared is spelled E-A-R-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, eared means “Having ears (of a specified type)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in eared?
| Letters | 5: E-A-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th 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 eared?
Eared appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th 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 eared?
- UK /ɪəd/
- US /ɪ(ə)ɹd/
Eared 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-eared.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with eared?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as eared from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹd/):
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).
What does eared mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having ears (of a specified type).
He was a large-eared man.
- 2
Having ears.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of ear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eared in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having some specific type of ear:
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 eared come from?
From ear + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).