jawed
/ˈd͡ʒɔd/adjective, verb
jawed is spelled J-A-W-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, jawed means “Having jaws” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jawed?
| Letters | 5: J-A-W-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jawed?
Jawed appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th 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 jawed?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒɔːd/
- US /ˈd͡ʒɔd/
- /ˈd͡ʒɑd/
Jawed 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jawed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jawed?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jawed from its last stressed vowel (/ɔd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does jawed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having jaws.
- 2
Having a specified type of jaw.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of jaw
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jawed come from?
From jaw + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).