entangled
adjective, verb
entangled is spelled E-N-T-A-N-G-L-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, entangled means “Tangled or twisted together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in entangled?
| Letters | 9: E-N-T-A-N-G-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th 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 entangled?
Entangled appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 entangled?
- US
Entangled has 3 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-entangled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of entangled
- more entangled comparative
- most entangled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does entangled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Tangled or twisted together.
- 2
Confused or complicated.
- 3
Correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of entangle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Entangled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tangled or twisted together:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | verwickelt |
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.