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freighted

freight·ed/ˈfɹeɪtɪd/adjective, verb

freighted is an adjective meaning “Loaded with cargo; charged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-I-G-H-T-E-D and has 2 syllables (freight·ed), and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does freighted mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Loaded with cargo; charged.

verb

  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of freight (a form of freight)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce freighted?

  • US /ˈfɹeɪtɪd/

Freighted has 2 syllables, split freight·ed in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of freighted

  • more freighted comparative
  • most freighted superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is freighted?

Freighted appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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).

Where does freighted come from?

From freight + -ed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).