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spangled

/ˈspæŋ.ɡəld/adjective, verb

spangled is spelled S-P-A-N-G-L-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, spangled means “Having spangles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in spangled?

Letters8: S-P-A-N-G-L-E-D
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 spangled?

Spangled appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 spangled?

  • /ˈspæŋ.ɡəld/

Spangled 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)-Vealhurl-spangled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of spangled

  • more spangled comparative
  • most spangled superlative

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

What does spangled mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Having spangles.

  2. 2

    UKslangdrunk or high.

verb

  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of spangle (a form of spangle)

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

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