shredded

adjective, verb

shredded is spelled S-H-R-E-D-D-E-D: 8 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, shredded means “Cut or torn into narrow strips or small pieces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in shredded?

Letters	8: S-H-R-E-D-D-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 shredded?

Shredded appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,005th most frequent word form in the list.

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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 shredded?

Shredded 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-shredded.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of shredded

more shredded comparative
most shredded superlative

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

What does shredded mean?

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

adjective

1
Cut or torn into narrow strips or small pieces.
2
Having very pronounced muscular definition.
Near-synonyms: jacked, ripped

verb

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