acclaimed
/əˈkleɪmd/adjective, verb
acclaimed is spelled A-C-C-L-A-I-M-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, acclaimed means “Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in acclaimed?
| Letters | 9: A-C-C-L-A-I-M-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is acclaimed?
Acclaimed appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 acclaimed?
- /əˈkleɪmd/
Acclaimed 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-acclaimed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acclaimed
- more acclaimed comparative
- most acclaimed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acclaimed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.
Many critically acclaimed novels are not commercially successful.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of acclaim
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acclaimed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense greatly praised:
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.