Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dotted

/ˈdɑtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: dot-ted
IPA: /ˈdɑtɪd/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of dot

adj

Made up of a series of dots.

adj

That contains dots.

adj

With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.

adj

Covered with irregularly scattered objects.

Example Sentences

"Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line."
"The dotted name java.util.Scanner is the fully qualified name of the Scanner class."
"The woods filtered men and the fields became dotted."

Etymology

From dot + -ed.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdɑtɪd/
British English: /ˈdɒtɪd/

Inflected Forms

more dotted (comparative) most dotted (superlative)

Derived Forms

dottedness undotted

Phrases

dotted bar line dotted decimal dotted gizzard shad dotted line dotted note dotted quad dotted Swiss double-dotted

Frequently Paired Words

dashed dash-dotted

Synonyms

dashed flecked specked speckled stippled

Rhymes With

clotted blotted spotted potted carotid knotted besotted parotid shotted unspotted unknotted proglottid

Questions

How do you pronounce dotted?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑtɪd/.
What does dotted mean?: simple past and past participle of dot
Where does dotted come from?: From dot + -ed.

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