settled

set·tled/ˈsɛtl̩d/adjective, verb

settled is spelled S-E-T-T-L-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (set·tled). It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, settled means “Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in settled?

Letters	7: S-E-T-T-L-E-D
Syllables	2: set·tled
In writing	28 times per million words; the 3,364th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

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).

How common is settled?

Settled appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th most frequent word form in the list.

settled0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce settled?

/ˈsɛtl̩d/

Settled has 2 syllables, split set·tled in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-settled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of settled

more settled comparative
most settled superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does settled mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
It took me a while to feel settled after I moved to this big city.
2
IrelandUKNot of Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller ethnicity; not of an itinerant ethnic group.

verb

1
simple past and past participle of settle (a form of settle)