killed
/kɪld/adjective, verb
killed is spelled K-I-L-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 166 times per million words in written English, the 611th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, killed means “Deoxidized” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in killed?
| Letters | 6: K-I-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 166 times per million words; the 611th 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 killed?
Killed appears 166 times per million words in written English, the 611th 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 killed?
- US /kɪld/
- /kɪlt/
Killed 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: En-us-killed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does killed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Deoxidized.
- 2
Inactivated.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of kill
For quotations using this term, see Citations:killed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).