bounded
/ˈbaʊndɪd/adjective, verb
bounded is spelled B-O-U-N-D-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bounded means “That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bounded?
| Letters | 7: B-O-U-N-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th 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 bounded?
Bounded appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 bounded?
- /ˈbaʊndɪd/
Bounded 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-bounded.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bounded
- more bounded comparative
- most bounded superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bounded mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
A compact set must be bounded.
- 2
with bounded range
- 3
with bounded range when restricted to the unit ball
- 4
That contains a least element, a, and a greatest element, b, such that for all x ∈ X, a ≤ x ≤ b.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of bound
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bounded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.