worried
/ˈwʌɹid/adjective, verb
worried is spelled W-O-R-R-I-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, worried means “Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in worried?
| Letters | 7: W-O-R-R-I-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 43 times per million words; the 2,339th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 worried?
Worried appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th 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 worried?
- UK /ˈwʌɹid/
- US /ˈwʌɹid/
- /ˈwɝ.id/
Worried 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). Recordings: En-us-worried.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with worried?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as worried from its last stressed vowel (/ʌɹid/):
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 worried
- more worried comparative
- most worried superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does worried mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of worry
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Worried in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inquiet |
| German | besorgt, beunruhigt |
| Portuguese | preocupado |
| Spanish | inquieto, preocupado, desasosegado |
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.