walled
/wɔːld/adjective, verb
walled is spelled W-A-L-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, walled means “Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in walled?
| Letters | 6: W-A-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th 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 walled?
Walled appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 walled?
- /wɔːld/
Walled 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-walled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does walled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall
a walled garden
- 2
Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of wall
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).