forested
adjective, verb
forested is spelled F-O-R-E-S-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, forested means “Covered in forest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in forested?
| Letters | 8: F-O-R-E-S-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 forested?
Forested appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 forested?
Forested has 3 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).
What rhymes with forested?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as forested.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: deforest.
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 forested
- more forested comparative
- most forested superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does forested mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Covered in forest.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of forest
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forested in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense covered in forest:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | forestier, sylvestre |
| German | bewaldet |
| Portuguese | florestado, arborizado |
| Spanish | boscoso, selvático, arbolado, arborizado, nemoroso |
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 forested come from?
From forest + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).