exaggerated
/ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/adjective, verb
exaggerated is spelled E-X-A-G-G-E-R-A-T-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is exagerated: about 160 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 13 of all searches for the word. Exaggerated is an adjective meaning “That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged”.
How many letters and syllables are in exaggerated?
| Letters | 11: E-X-A-G-G-E-R-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, exagerated, about 160 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell exaggerated?
Exaggerated is spelled E-X-A-G-G-E-R-A-T-E-D. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for exaggerated in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is exaggerated?
Exaggerated appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 exaggerated?
- /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/
- /ɛɡ-/
Exaggerated 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-exaggerated.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exaggerated
- more exaggerated comparative
- most exaggerated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exaggerated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of exaggerate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exaggerated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that has been described as greater than it actually is:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | übertrieben |
| Portuguese | exagerado |
| Spanish | exagerado |
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.