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canceled

verb, adjective

canceled is spelled C-A-N-C-E-L-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “canceled vs cancelled” about 201,000 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, canceled means “simple past and past participle of cancel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in canceled?

Letters8: C-A-N-C-E-L-E-D
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people 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); 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 common is canceled?

Canceled appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 canceled?

    Canceled 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).

    Words people confuse with canceled

    Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

    canceled vs cancelled201,000 G

    Also written: cancelled.

    Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    What does canceled mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    verb

    1. 1

      USsimple past and past participle of cancel (a form of cancel)

    adjective

    1. 1

      USUS standard spelling of cancelled.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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