wrinkled
wrink·led/ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/adjective, verb
wrinkled is spelled W-R-I-N-K-L-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (wrink·led). It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, wrinkled means “Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wrinkled?
| Letters | 8: W-R-I-N-K-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wrink·led |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is wrinkled?
Wrinkled appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 wrinkled?
- /ˈɹɪŋkl̩d/
Wrinkled has 2 syllables, split wrink·led in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-wrinkled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wrinkled
- more wrinkled comparative
- most wrinkled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wrinkled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.
As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of wrinkle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wrinkled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having many wrinkles:
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.