murdered
mur·dered/ˈmɝ.dɚd/adjective, verb
murdered is spelled M-U-R-D-E-R-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (mur·dered). It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, murdered means “That has been murdered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in murdered?
| Letters | 8: M-U-R-D-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mur·dered |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is murdered?
Murdered appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd 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 murdered?
- US /ˈmɝ.dɚd/
- UK /ˈmɜːdəd/
Murdered has 2 syllables, split mur·dered in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-murdered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does murdered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That has been murdered.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of murder
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).