picked
/pɪkt/adjective, verb
picked is spelled P-I-C-K-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 52 times per million words in written English, the 1,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, picked means “Having a pick, or a particular number/type of pick (in any sense of the word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in picked?
| Letters | 6: P-I-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 52 times per million words; the 1,941st 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 picked?
Picked appears 52 times per million words in written English, the 1,941st 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 picked?
- /pɪkt/
Picked 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-picked.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of picked
- more picked comparative
- most picked superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does picked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a pick, or a particular number/type of pick (in any sense of the word)
- 2
Chosen; selected.
- 3
Played by picking the strings
- 4
Having a pike or spine on the back.
the picked dogfish
- 5
obsoletefine; spruce; smart; precise; dainty
- 6
obsoletepointed; sharp
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of pick
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).