checked
/t͡ʃɛkt/adjective, verb
checked is spelled C-H-E-C-K-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, checked means “Marked with a check mark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in checked?
| Letters | 7: C-H-E-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,785th 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 checked?
Checked appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th 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 checked?
- /t͡ʃɛkt/
Checked 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-checked.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-checked.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does checked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Marked with a check mark.
- 2
CanadaUSHaving a pattern of checks; checkered.
a checked tie
- 3
Of syllables, having a coda.
- 4
Of consonants, glottalized.
- 5
Verified or validated in some way.
a computer program using checked arithmetic
- 6
Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.), usually during check-in, to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
- 7
Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of check
He checked his watch for the third time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).