stressed
/stɹɛst/adjective, verb
stressed is spelled S-T-R-E-S-S-E-D: 8 letters and one syllable. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, stressed means “Suffering stress (either physical or mental)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stressed?
| Letters | 8: S-T-R-E-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,309th 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 stressed?
Stressed appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,309th 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 stressed?
- /stɹɛst/
Stressed 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stressed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stressed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as stressed.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: destress.
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).
Forms of stressed
- more stressed comparative
- most stressed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stressed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Suffering stress (either physical or mental).
- 2
Having a stress or accent.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of stress
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stressed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stressé , accentué |
| German | gestresst, strapaziert , betont |
| Portuguese | estressado, stressado , tónico, tônico, acentuado |
| Spanish | estresado , acentuado, tónico |
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.