dotted

Other forms of dotted

comparative

dottedder·

superlative

dotteddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dotted

What does dotted mean?

dotted means "having a pattern of dots". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dotted?

dotted has 2 syllables: dot-ted. The stress falls on "dot". In IPA it is /ˈdɑtəd/.

What is another word for dotted?

Close synonyms include flecked, specked, speckled, stippled, dashed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dotted a common word?

dotted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.