huddled
hud·dled/ˈhʌdl̩d/adjective, verb
huddled is spelled H-U-D-D-L-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (hud·dled). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, huddled means “Crowded together in a huddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in huddled?
| Letters | 7: H-U-D-D-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hud·dled |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th 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 huddled?
Huddled appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 huddled?
- /ˈhʌdl̩d/
Huddled has 2 syllables, split hud·dled in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-huddled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does huddled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Crowded together in a huddle
- 2
Crouched.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of huddle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does huddled come from?
From huddle + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).