censored
adjective, verb
censored is spelled C-E-N-S-O-R-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, censored means “Having had objectionable content removed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in censored?
| Letters | 8: C-E-N-S-O-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 censored?
Censored appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 censored?
- US
Censored 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-censored.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with censored?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as censored.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: seconder.
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 censored mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having had objectionable content removed.
Gory violence is usually censored.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of censor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Censored in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having had objectionable content removed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | zensiert |
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.