slated
/ˈsleɪ.tɪd/adjective, verb
slated is spelled S-L-A-T-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, slated means “scheduled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in slated?
| Letters | 6: S-L-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th 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 slated?
Slated appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 slated?
- /ˈsleɪ.tɪd/
Slated 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: En-us-slated.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slated?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as slated.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: salted.
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 slated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USscheduled
The tractor plant is slated for the ax.
- 2
reviewed unfavorably
- 3
covered with slates
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of slate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does slated come from?
From Middle English slattyd, equivalent to slate + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).