flawed
/flɔːd/adjective
flawed is spelled F-L-A-W-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, flawed means “Having a flaw or imperfection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in flawed?
| Letters | 6: F-L-A-W-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is flawed?
Flawed appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 flawed?
- UK /flɔːd/
- British /floːd/
- /flɔd/
Flawed 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-flawed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flawed?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flawed from its last stressed vowel (/ɔd/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of flawed
- more flawed comparative
- most flawed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flawed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a flaw or imperfection.
Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flawed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having a flaw:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | déficient, incorrect |
| German | fehlerhaft, brüchig |
| Spanish | fallado |
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.
Where does flawed come from?
From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).