skirted
adjective, verb
skirted is spelled S-K-I-R-T-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, skirted means “Wearing a skirt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in skirted?
| Letters | 7: S-K-I-R-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th 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 skirted?
Skirted appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 skirted?
- US
Skirted 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-skirted.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does skirted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Wearing a skirt.
- 2
Having a skirt.
- 3
Bordered.
- 4
Passed around; evaded.
a skirted topic of conversation
- 5
Narrowly missed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of skirt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skirted come from?
From skirt + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).