filled
/fɪld/adjective, verb
filled is spelled F-I-L-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, filled means “Made full” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in filled?
| Letters | 6: F-I-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 50 times per million words; the 2,041st 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 filled?
Filled appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st 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 filled?
- /fɪld/
Filled has one syllable (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-filled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does filled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Made full.
The whole building was filled with thick smoke.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of fill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Filled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that is now full:
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.