touched
/tʌt͡ʃt/adjective, verb
touched is spelled T-O-U-C-H-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, touched means “Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in touched?
| Letters | 7: T-O-U-C-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 20 times per million words; the 4,302nd 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 touched?
Touched appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd 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 touched?
- /tʌt͡ʃt/
Touched 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-touched.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of touched
- more touched comparative
- most touched superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does touched mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
I was touched that he should remember my birthday.
- 2
Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of touch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Touched in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense moved:
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.