aforementioned
/əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/adjective, noun
aforementioned is spelled A-F-O-R-E-M-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is aformentioned: about 380 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 13 of all searches for the word. Aforementioned is an adjective meaning “Previously mentioned”.
How many letters and syllables are in aforementioned?
| Letters | 14: A-F-O-R-E-M-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, aformentioned, about 380 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell aforementioned?
Aforementioned is spelled A-F-O-R-E-M-E-N-T-I-O-N-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 13 of the searches for aforementioned in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is aforementioned?
Aforementioned appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 aforementioned?
- UK /əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/
- UK /ˈæfəˌmɛn.ʃənd/
- UK /ˈæfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/
Aforementioned has 4 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)-Vealhurl-aforementioned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does aforementioned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Previously mentioned.
It wasn't until later that we realized that the aforementioned caller and this taciturn man were the same person.
noun
- 1
The one or ones mentioned previously.
The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aforementioned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | susmentionné , suscité, ledit |
| German | obenerwähnt, vorher erwähnt, obengenannt, oben genannt, vorstehend , das oben erwähnte |
| Portuguese | supracitado, sobredito, já mencionado , acima mencionado |
| Spanish | ya mencionado |
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.
Where does aforementioned come from?
From afore- + mentioned.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).