headed
/ˈhɛdɪd/adjective, verb
headed is spelled H-E-A-D-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, headed means “Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in headed?
| Letters | 6: H-E-A-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,725th 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 headed?
Headed appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th 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 headed?
- /ˈhɛdɪd/
Headed 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-headed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does headed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.
- 2
Having a head or brain with specified characteristics.
a large-headed caricature of a politician
- 3
Having hair of a specified color.
- 4
Having been headed: having had a head formed (by deformation such as die-stamping).
- 5
Heading in a certain direction.
southward-headed caravans
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of head
Smith headed the team last summer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does headed come from?
From head (“noun”) + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).