combined
/kəmˈbaɪnd/adjective, noun, verb
combined is spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, combined means “Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in combined?
| Letters | 8: C-O-M-B-I-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 48 times per million words; the 2,113th 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 combined?
Combined appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th 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 combined?
- /kəmˈbaɪnd/
Combined 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-combined.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of combined
- combineds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does combined mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together.
The combined efforts of the emergency workers kept the river from going over its banks, barely.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of combine
The cook combined equal parts chocolate and vanilla batter in the cake.
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of alpine combined.
- 2
Ellipsis of Nordic combined.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Combined in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense resulting from adding together:
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.