truncated
/tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/adjective, verb
truncated is spelled T-R-U-N-C-A-T-E-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, truncated means “Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in truncated?
| Letters | 9: T-R-U-N-C-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th 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 truncated?
Truncated appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 truncated?
- /tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/
Truncated has 3 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).
What rhymes with truncated?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as truncated.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reductant.
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 truncated
- more truncated comparative
- most truncated superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does truncated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).
- 2
Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.
- 3
shortened either by means of clipping or blending.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of truncate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Truncated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Deprived of one of its parts or of its end:
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.