emaciated
/ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/adjective, verb
emaciated is spelled E-M-A-C-I-A-T-E-D: 9 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, emaciated means “Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in emaciated?
| Letters | 9: E-M-A-C-I-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th 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 emaciated?
Emaciated appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 emaciated?
- UK /əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/
- UK /-ˈmeɪ.si-/
- US /ɪˈmeɪ.siˌeɪ.tɪd/
Emaciated has 5 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-emaciated.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with emaciated?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as emaciated (/eɪsieɪtɪd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: acetamide.
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 emaciated
- more emaciated comparative
- most emaciated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emaciated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of emaciate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Emaciated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense thin or haggard:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | émacié |
| German | ausgemergelt, abgemagert |
| Portuguese | emaciado |
| Spanish | demacrado, macilento, emaciado |
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.