motivated
adjective, verb
motivated is spelled M-O-T-I-V-A-T-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is motiviated: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 130 of all searches for the word. Motivated is an adjective meaning “Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal”.
How many letters and syllables are in motivated?
| Letters | 9: M-O-T-I-V-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,679th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, motiviated, about 10 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 motivated?
Motivated is spelled M-O-T-I-V-A-T-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 130 of the searches for motivated 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 motivated?
Motivated appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th 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 motivated?
Motivated has 4 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 motivated
- more motivated comparative
- most motivated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does motivated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.
We're looking for a highly motivated individual who will fit into our fast-paced corporate culture.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of motivate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Motivated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense enthusiastic; having motivation:
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.