hated
hat·ed/ˈheɪtɪd/adjective, verb
hated is spelled H-A-T-E-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables (hat·ed). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hated means “Disliked; odious; reviled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hated?
| Letters | 5: H-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hat·ed |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st 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; 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 hated?
Hated appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 hated?
- /ˈheɪtɪd/
Hated has 2 syllables, split hat·ed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hated.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hated?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hated.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: death.
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 hated
- more hated comparative
- most hated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Disliked; odious; reviled.
bitterly hated
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of hate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disliked, odious:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | détesté |
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 hated come from?
From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).