condemn
/kənˈdɛm/verb
condemn is spelled C-O-N-D-E-M-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, condemn means “To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in condemn?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-D-E-M-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 condemn?
Condemn appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 condemn?
- US /kənˈdɛm/
- /kənˈdɪm/
- Australia /kənˈdem/
Condemn 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-condemn.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with condemn?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as condemn from its last stressed vowel (/ɛm/):
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).
Forms of condemn
- condemns present, singular, he/she/it
- condemning participle, present
- condemned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does condemn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
The president condemned the terrorists.
- 2
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- 3
To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
The judge condemned him to death.
- 4
To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- 5
To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.
Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty.
- 6
To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- 7
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- 8
To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Condemn in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | condamner , déclarer coupable |
| German | verurteilen , verdammen , für abrissreif erklären , für ungenießbar erklären |
| Portuguese | condenar |
| Spanish | condenar , clausurar |
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.