confessed
/kənˈfɛst/adjective, verb
confessed is spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-S-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, confessed means “Which one admits or avows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in confessed?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-F-E-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th 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 confessed?
Confessed appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 confessed?
- /kənˈfɛst/
Confessed 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-confessed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does confessed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Which one admits or avows.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of confess
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).