gifted
/ˈɡɪftɪd/adjective, noun, verb
gifted is spelled G-I-F-T-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gifted means “Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gifted?
| Letters | 6: G-I-F-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th 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 gifted?
Gifted appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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 gifted?
- /ˈɡɪftɪd/
Gifted 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)-Persent101-gifted.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gifted?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gifted.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fidget.
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 gifted
- more gifted comparative
- most gifted superlative
- gifteds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gifted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
a gifted artist
noun
- 1
A person who has special abilities or unusually great intellect.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of gift
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gifted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense endowed with special abilities:
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.