scrambled
adjective, verb
scrambled is spelled S-C-R-A-M-B-L-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scrambled means “Mixed, disordered, shuffled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scrambled?
| Letters | 9: S-C-R-A-M-B-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,005th 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 scrambled?
Scrambled appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th 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 scrambled?
- US
Scrambled has 2 syllables (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-scrambled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scrambled
- more scrambled comparative
- most scrambled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scrambled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Mixed, disordered, shuffled.
a scrambled TV signal, requiring decryption
- 2
Beaten and cooked.
He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of scramble
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scrambled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense beaten and cooked:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | revuelto |
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.