loved
/lʌvd/adjective, verb
loved is spelled L-O-V-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, loved means “Being the object of love” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in loved?
| Letters | 5: L-O-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 100 times per million words; the 1,076th 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 loved?
Loved appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th 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 loved?
- /lʌvd/
Loved 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-loved.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of loved
- more loved comparative
- most loved superlative
- more lovèd comparative
- most lovèd superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Being the object of love.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of love
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of loved.
My dearest Bettie, my more lovèd heat, I leave thee now ; with thee all earthly joynin : […]
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of love
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Loved in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense being the object of love:
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.
Where does loved come from?
From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).