contained
con·tained/kənˈteɪnd/adjective, verb
contained is spelled C-O-N-T-A-I-N-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables (con·tained). It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, contained means “Restricted in space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in contained?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-T-A-I-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: con·tained |
| In writing | 28 times per million words; the 3,288th 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; 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 contained?
Contained appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th 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 contained?
- US /kənˈteɪnd/
- Australia /kənˈtæɪnd/
Contained has 2 syllables, split con·tained in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-contained.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with contained?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as contained from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnd/):
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 contained
- more contained comparative
- most contained superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contained mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Restricted in space.
The brush fire is now contained: if it doesn't jump the lines, it will burn itself out.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of contain
This box contained rat poison, now it contains a dead rat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).