mired
adjective, noun, verb
mired is spelled M-I-R-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mired means “Stuck in mud; plunged or fixed in mud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mired?
| Letters | 5: M-I-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 mired?
Mired appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 mired?
Mired 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).
What rhymes with mired?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mired.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dimer, rimed.
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).
Forms of mired
- more mired comparative
- most mired superlative
- mireds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mired mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Stuck in mud; plunged or fixed in mud.
- 2
Involved in trouble or difficulty.
- 3
Confused or perplexed.
noun
- 1
A unit of measurement for color temperature.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of mire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mired come from?
From micro reciprocal degree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).