tapped
/tæpt/adjective, verb
tapped is spelled T-A-P-P-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tapped means “Having a tap or taps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tapped?
| Letters | 6: T-A-P-P-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd 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 tapped?
Tapped appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd 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 tapped?
- /tæpt/
Tapped 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-tapped.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tapped
- more tapped comparative
- most tapped superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tapped mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a tap or taps.
a tapped keg; a tapped maple tree
- 2
Of a card or playing piece: used up for the current turn.
- 3
slangCrazy, eccentric.
This is one weird tribe, who get their kicks from electrocution, poisoning and causing car crashes (and that's when they're in a good mood!). They consider a holiday in the Bermuda Triangle the ultimate and anyone who keeps floating hands a
- 4
Unfocused, inattentive; dozy.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of tap
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).