severed
adjective, verb
severed is spelled S-E-V-E-R-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, severed means “Separated, cut off or broken apart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in severed?
| Letters | 7: S-E-V-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.4 times per million words; the 14,307th 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 severed?
Severed appears 3.4 times per million words in written English, the 14,307th 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 severed?
Severed 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).
What rhymes with severed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as severed.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: deserve.
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).
What does severed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Separated, cut off or broken apart.
a severed limb
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of sever
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Severed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cut off or broken apart:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sectionné |
| Portuguese | cortado |
| Spanish | cérceno |
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.