shattered
shat·tered/ˈʃætɚd/adjective, verb
shattered is spelled S-H-A-T-T-E-R-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables (shat·tered). It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, shattered means “Physically broken into pieces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shattered?
| Letters | 9: S-H-A-T-T-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: shat·tered |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shattered?
Shattered appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 shattered?
- US /ˈʃætɚd/
- UK /ˈʃætəd/
Shattered has 2 syllables, split shat·tered in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-shattered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shattered?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shattered from its last stressed vowel (/ætəɹd/):
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 shattered
- more shattered comparative
- most shattered superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shattered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Physically broken into pieces.
- 2
Emotionally defeated or dispirited.
- 3
UKcolloquialExtremely tired or exhausted.
I stayed up all night working, and now I'm completely shattered.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of shatter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shattered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | zerbrochen, zerschlagen, zerschmettert, zerstört , am Boden zerstört, erledigt |
| Portuguese | estilhaçado |
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.