hinged
/hɪnd͡ʒd/adjective, verb
hinged is spelled H-I-N-G-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hinged means “Affixed by a hinge, as a door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hinged?
| Letters | 6: H-I-N-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th 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 hinged?
Hinged appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 hinged?
- US /hɪnd͡ʒd/
Hinged has one syllable (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: En-au-hinged.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does hinged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Affixed by a hinge, as a door.
- 2
slangExtremely high on drugs.
- 3
Of a stamp, affixed with a stamp hinge.
- 4
slangSane; not unhinged.
[…] we were able to used the creamer again in a slightly more hinged scenario, in our drip coffee from the coffee station.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of hinge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate hinged?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of hinged: H, MH.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hinged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense affixed by a hinge:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | abisagrado, enquiciado, engoznado |
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 hinged come from?
The "not unhinged" sense was created as a back-formation from unhinged.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).