faded
/ˈfeɪdɪd/adjective, verb
faded is spelled F-A-D-E-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, faded means “That has lost some of its former vividness and colour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in faded?
| Letters | 5: F-A-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th 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 faded?
Faded appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 faded?
- /ˈfeɪdɪd/
Faded 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-faded.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of faded
- more faded comparative
- most faded superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does faded mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.
a faded tablecloth
- 2
That has lost some of its former strength or vigour.
a faded rock star of the 1970s
- 3
USslangHigh on drugs; stoned.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of fade
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Faded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of colour that has lost its intensity:
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.