inflamed
/ɪnˈfleɪmd/adjective, verb
inflamed is spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is inflammed: about 280 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Inflamed is an adjective meaning “Resulting from or affected by inflammation”.
How many letters and syllables are in inflamed?
| Letters | 8: I-N-F-L-A-M-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, inflammed, about 280 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell inflamed?
Inflamed is spelled I-N-F-L-A-M-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 3 in 10 of the searches for inflamed in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is inflamed?
Inflamed appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 inflamed?
- /ɪnˈfleɪmd/
Inflamed has 2 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 inflamed
- more inflamed comparative
- most inflamed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inflamed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
- 2
Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire.
- 3
Aroused in temper, liable to violence
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of inflame
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inflamed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense affected by inflammation:
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.