pilled
/pɪld/adjective, verb
pilled is spelled P-I-L-L-E-D: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pilled means “Pilled-up, intoxicated on pills” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pilled?
| Letters | 6: P-I-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st 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 pilled?
Pilled appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 pilled?
- /pɪld/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pilled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pilled
- more pilled comparative
- most pilled superlative
- more -pilled comparative
- most -pilled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pilled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
slangPilled-up, intoxicated on pills.
- 2
Of woven fabric: having formed small matted balls of fiber.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of pill
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pilled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pilulé |
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.
Where does pilled come from?
Influenced by redpilled, blackpilled, etc. whose stems refer to the colour of the notional pill rather than their actual effects. Popularized from a scene in the 1999 film The Matrix.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).