puffed
/pʌft/adjective, verb
puffed is spelled P-U-F-F-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, puffed means “Inflated or swollen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in puffed?
| Letters | 6: P-U-F-F-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th 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 puffed?
Puffed appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 puffed?
- /pʌft/
Puffed 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-puffed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of puffed
- more puffed comparative
- most puffed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puffed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Inflated or swollen.
- 2
Gathered up into rounded ridges.
The dress had puffed sleeves.
- 3
Expanded by the use of steam.
- 4
Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.
the puffed smoke of a cigar
- 5
colloquialSynonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of puff
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does puffed come from?
From puff + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).