impacted
adjective, verb
impacted is spelled I-M-P-A-C-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, impacted means “Having undergone an impact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in impacted?
| Letters | 8: I-M-P-A-C-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th 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 impacted?
Impacted appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 impacted?
Impacted has 3 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).
Forms of impacted
- more impacted comparative
- most impacted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does impacted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having undergone an impact.
- 2
Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.
Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted.
- 3
USHaving lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of impact
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Impacted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense subject to dental impaction:
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.