employed

/ɪmˈplɔɪd/adjective, verb

employed is spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, employed means “In a job; working” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in employed?

Letters	8: E-M-P-L-O-Y-E-D
Syllables	2 (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 employed?

Employed appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form in the list.

employed0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce employed?

/ɪmˈplɔɪd/
/ɛmˈplɔɪd/

Employed 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-employed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of employed

more employed comparative
most employed superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does employed mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
In a job; working.
2
Used; in use.

verb

1
simple past and past participle of employ (a form of employ)