heated
hea·ted/ˈhiːtɪd/adjective, verb
heated is spelled H-E-A-T-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables (hea·ted). It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, heated means “Very agitated, angry or impassioned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in heated?
| Letters | 6: H-E-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hea·ted |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is heated?
Heated appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 heated?
- /ˈhiːtɪd/
Heated has 2 syllables, split hea·ted in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-heated.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of heated
- more heated comparative
- most heated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does heated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Very agitated, angry or impassioned.
a heated argument
- 2
Made warm or hot by some means.
a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of heat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Heated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense very agitated, angry or impassioned:
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.