waved
/weɪvd/adjective, verb
waved is spelled W-A-V-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, waved means “Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in waved?
| Letters | 5: W-A-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 waved?
Waved appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 waved?
- /weɪvd/
Waved 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)-I_learned_some_phrases-waved.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of waved
- more waved comparative
- most waved superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does waved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
- 2
Wavy.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:waved.
- 3
Having on the margin a succession of curved segments or incisions.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of wave
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).