assured
/əˈʃʊɹd/adjective, noun, verb
assured is spelled A-S-S-U-R-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, assured means “Guaranteed; secure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in assured?
| Letters | 7: A-S-S-U-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,347th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is assured?
Assured appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,347th 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 assured?
- UK /əˈʃʊəd/
- UK /əˈʃɔːd/
- US /əˈʃʊɹd/
Assured 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: En-us-assured.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with assured?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as assured from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of assured
- more assured comparative
- most assured superlative
- assureds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does assured mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Guaranteed; secure.
- 2
Self-confident; self-assured; sure.
- 3
obsoleteReliable, confirmed.
noun
- 1
An insured person.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of assure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).