staggered
adjective, verb
staggered is spelled S-T-A-G-G-E-R-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, staggered means “Astonished; taken aback” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in staggered?
| Letters | 9: S-T-A-G-G-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd 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 staggered?
Staggered appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 staggered?
- US
Staggered 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-staggered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of staggered
- more staggered comparative
- most staggered superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does staggered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Astonished; taken aback.
- 2
Arranged in a way that is not uniform.
The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years.
- 3
Not directly opposite each other.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of stagger
The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Staggered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not directly opposite each other:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | échelonné |
| Spanish | a tresbolillo, al tresbolillo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.