tapered
/ˈteɪ.pɚd/adjective, verb
tapered is spelled T-A-P-E-R-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tapered means “Narrowing gradually towards a point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tapered?
| Letters | 7: T-A-P-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th 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 tapered?
Tapered appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 tapered?
- UK /ˈteɪ.pə(ɹ)d/
- US /ˈteɪ.pɚd/
Tapered 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-tapered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tapered?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tapered (/eɪpəɹd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: predate.
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 tapered
- more tapered comparative
- most tapered superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tapered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Narrowing gradually towards a point.
- 2
obsoleteLit with a taper.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of taper
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tapered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense narrowing to a point:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | keilförmig, spitz zulaufend, konisch, tailliert, zugespitzt, angeschrägt |
| Portuguese | cónico, adelgaçado |
| Spanish | ahusado, ahusante |
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.