boned
/boʊnd/adjective, verb
boned is spelled B-O-N-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, boned means “Having a (specific type of) bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in boned?
| Letters | 5: B-O-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th 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 boned?
Boned appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 boned?
- UK /bəʊnd/
- US /boʊnd/
Boned has one syllable (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-au-boned.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boned?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boned from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnd/):
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).
What does boned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a (specific type of) bone.
hollow-boned; thick-boned
- 2
Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- 3
slangBeset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- 4
slangBroken.
- 5
Having had the bones removed before cooking.
- 6
Fitted with bones.
- 7
Having the legs straightened during a trick.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of bone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense beset with difficult or impossible situation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | ferrado |
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.