engaged

/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/adjective, verb

engaged is spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, engaged means “Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in engaged?

Letters	7: E-N-G-A-G-E-D
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	33 times per million words; the 2,888th 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 engaged?

Engaged appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th most frequent word form in the list.

engaged0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

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 engaged?

/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/
/ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/

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

What does engaged mean?

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

adjective

1
Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
2
Busy or employed.
3
Greatly interested.
4
UK(of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.
5
attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
6
in contact and in operation
7
being attacked or attacking
8
Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.

verb

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

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

Engaged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	fiancé, fiancée (agreed to be married), engagé (already involved in a telephone call)
German	verlobt (agreed to be married), besetzt (already involved in a telephone call)
Portuguese	noivo (agreed to be married), ocupado (already involved in a telephone call)
Spanish	comprometido, desposado, prometido (agreed to be married), comunicado, ocupado (already involved in a telephone call), muy interesado (greatly interested)

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.