pressed
/pɹɛst/adjective, verb
pressed is spelled P-R-E-S-S-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pressed means “Under strain or deprivation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pressed?
| Letters | 7: P-R-E-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pressed?
Pressed appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,878th 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 pressed?
- /pɹɛst/
Pressed 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-pressed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pressed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pressed.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: depress.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pressed
- more pressed comparative
- most pressed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pressed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Under strain or deprivation.
The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.
- 2
Upset, bothered.
- 3
Recruited by a press gang.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of press
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).