speeded
/ˈspiːdəd/adjective, verb
speeded is spelled S-P-E-E-D-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, speeded means “Measured in terms of speed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in speeded?
| Letters | 7: S-P-E-E-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st 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 speeded?
Speeded appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 speeded?
- /ˈspiːdəd/
Speeded 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)-Persent101-speeded.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does speeded mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Measured in terms of speed.
a speeded lexical decision task
verb
- 1
UKsimple past and past participle of speed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).