escaped
es·caped/ɪˈskeɪpt/adjective, verb
escaped is spelled E-S-C-A-P-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (es·caped). It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, escaped means “Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in escaped?
| Letters | 7: E-S-C-A-P-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: es·caped |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,309th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is escaped?
Escaped appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th 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 escaped?
- /ɪˈskeɪpt/
- /əˈskeɪpt/
- /ɛˈskeɪpt/
Escaped has 2 syllables, split es·caped in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-escaped.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does escaped mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.
People are being warned not to approach the escaped prisoner.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of escape
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).