seared
adjective, verb
seared is spelled S-E-A-R-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, seared means “blackened by heat; scorched; burned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in seared?
| Letters | 6: S-E-A-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is seared?
Seared appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 seared?
Seared 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).
What rhymes with seared?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as seared.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reseda.
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 seared
- more seared comparative
- most seared superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seared mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
blackened by heat; scorched; burned
- 2
having the surface cooked and crispened (particularly by cooking on a grill or pan)
I’m getting more of a seared bite on the Impossible Whopper than I’m getting on the actual Whopper.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of sear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).