flooded
/ˈflʌdɪd/adjective, verb
flooded is spelled F-L-O-O-D-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, flooded means “Filled with water from rain or rivers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in flooded?
| Letters | 7: F-L-O-O-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th 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 flooded?
Flooded appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th 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 flooded?
- /ˈflʌdɪd/
Flooded 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flooded.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flooded
- more flooded comparative
- most flooded superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flooded mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Filled with water from rain or rivers.
- 2
Filled with too much fluid.
- 3
Overwhelmed with too much of something.
Our phones were flooded with calls after the controversial broadcast.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of flood
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flooded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense filled with water:
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.