packed
/pækt/adjective, verb
packed is spelled P-A-C-K-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, packed means “Put into a package” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in packed?
| Letters | 6: P-A-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 packed?
Packed appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,224th 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 packed?
- /pækt/
Packed 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-packed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with packed
Sounds like: pact (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of packed
- more packed comparative
- most packed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does packed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Put into a package.
packed lunch
- 2
Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
packed with goodness
- 3
colloquialFilled to capacity with people.
The bus was packed and I couldn't get on.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of pack
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Packed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | empaqueté, emballé , archiplein, bourré , bondé, blindé |
| Portuguese | empacotado , repleto, abarrotado , lotado |
| Spanish | empaquetado , colmado, atestado, atiborrado, tupido |
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.