stepped
/stɛpt/adjective, verb
stepped is spelled S-T-E-P-P-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, stepped means “Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stepped?
| Letters | 7: S-T-E-P-P-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,121st 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 stepped?
Stepped appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st 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 stepped?
- /stɛpt/
Stepped has one syllable (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-stepped.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does stepped mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.
a stepped key
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of step
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).