scattered
scat·tered/ˈskætɚd/adjective, verb
scattered is spelled S-C-A-T-T-E-R-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables (scat·tered). It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scattered means “Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scattered?
| Letters | 9: S-C-A-T-T-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: scat·tered |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is scattered?
Scattered appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th 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 scattered?
- US /ˈskætɚd/
- UK /ˈskætəd/
Scattered has 2 syllables, split scat·tered in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-scattered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scattered?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scattered from its last stressed vowel (/ætəɹd/):
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 scattered
- more scattered comparative
- most scattered superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scattered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
scattered applause
- 2
Seemingly randomly distributed.
- 3
Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
- 4
Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
Scattered showers.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of scatter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate scattered?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of scattered: SCT, sctr'd.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scattered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Randomly distributed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | disséminé, éparpillé, épars |
| Portuguese | espalhado, disperso |
| Spanish | desperdigado, disperso, esparsido |
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.