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waffled

adjective, verb

waffled is spelled W-A-F-F-L-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, waffled means “Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in waffled?

Letters7: W-A-F-F-L-E-D
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 waffled?

Waffled appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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 waffled?

    Waffled 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).

    Forms of waffled

    • more waffled comparative
    • most waffled superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does waffled mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Having a waffle-like pattern of intersecting creases.

    verb

    1. 1

      simple past and past participle of waffle (a form of waffle)

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does waffled come from?

    From waffle + -ed.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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