scorched
adjective, verb
scorched is spelled S-C-O-R-C-H-E-D: 8 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scorched means “Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scorched?
| Letters | 8: S-C-O-R-C-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th 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 scorched?
Scorched appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th 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 scorched?
Scorched 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)-Back_ache-scorched.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scorched
- more scorched comparative
- most scorched superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scorched mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of scorch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scorched in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | brûlé |
| German | verbrannt |
| Spanish | quemado, chamuscado |
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.