Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

traveled

/ˈtɹævl̩d/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: trav-eled
IPA: /ˈtɹævl̩d/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Frequented by travelers.

adj

Experienced in travel.

verb

simple past and past participle of travel

American usage

Example Sentences

"We climbed up a well traveled path."
"Here moss engreens the travelled stone; […]"
"Our guide was a much traveled young man."
"Thou bringest the sailor to his wife, ⁠And travell’d men from foreign lands; ⁠And letters unto trembling hands; And, thy dark freight, a vanish’d life."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more traveled (comparative) most traveled (superlative) travelled (alternative)

Synonyms

travelled

Homonyms

travelled

Rhymes With

travelled unraveled raveled

Questions

How do you pronounce traveled?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹævl̩d/.
What does traveled mean?: Frequented by travelers.

How to pronounce traveled

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