stunned
/stʌnd/adjective, verb
stunned is spelled S-T-U-N-N-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, stunned means “Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stunned?
| Letters | 7: S-T-U-N-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.8 times per million words; the 11,541st 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 stunned?
Stunned appears 4.8 times per million words in written English, the 11,541st 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 stunned?
- /stʌnd/
Stunned 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-stunned.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stunned
- more stunned comparative
- most stunned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stunned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
completely stunned
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of stun
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stunned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unable to act or respond:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | abasourdi, stupéfié, stupéfait |
| German | fassungslos, sprachlos, betäubt, verblüfft, baff |
| Portuguese | atónito, atônito, estupefacto, atordoado |
| Spanish | atónito, estupefacto, aturdido, pasmado, turulato, alelado |
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.
Where does stunned come from?
From stun + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).