moved
/muːvd/adjective, verb
moved is spelled M-O-V-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 102 times per million words in written English, the 1,048th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, moved means “Emotionally affected; touched” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in moved?
| Letters | 5: M-O-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 102 times per million words; the 1,048th 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 moved?
Moved appears 102 times per million words in written English, the 1,048th 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 moved?
- /muːvd/
Moved 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-moved.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of moved
- more moved comparative
- most moved superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Emotionally affected; touched.
What happened to that girl in the film was so awful – I was extremely moved.
- 2
obsoleteConvinced.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of move
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moved in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense emotionally affected:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | berührt, bewegt, gerührt |
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.