infected
adjective, noun, verb
infected is spelled I-N-F-E-C-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, infected means “Having an infection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in infected?
| Letters | 8: I-N-F-E-C-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,778th 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 infected?
Infected appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th 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 infected?
- US
Infected 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). Recordings: En-us-infected.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of infected
- more infected comparative
- most infected superlative
- infecteds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does infected mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having an infection.
The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.
noun
- 1
One who has an infection.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of infect
Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Infected in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having an infection:
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.