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psyched

/saɪkt/adjective, verb

psyched is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, psyched means “Thrilled; excited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in psyched?

Letters7: P-S-Y-C-H-E-D
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 psyched?

Psyched appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd 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 psyched?

  • /saɪkt/

Psyched 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).

Forms of psyched

  • more psyched comparative
  • most psyched superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does psyched mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    slangThrilled; excited.

    She's psyched about the trip.

  2. 2

    slangGirded, steeled, resolvedly prepared (for a challenge).

  3. 3

    slangFrightened; unnerved.

verb

  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of psych (a form of psych)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Psyched in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanaufgeregt, aufgedreht (thrilled)
Spanishemocionado, mentalizado (thrilled), asustado (frightened)

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.

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