damned
/dæmd/adjective, adverb, verb
damned is spelled D-A-M-N-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, damned means “Godforsaken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in damned?
| Letters | 6: D-A-M-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.4 times per million words; the 8,669th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 damned?
Damned appears 7.4 times per million words in written English, the 8,669th 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 damned?
- /dæmd/
Damned 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)-Sapaa-damned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with damned?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as damned.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: demand, madden.
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 damned
- damneder comparative
- damnder comparative
- more damned comparative
- damnedest superlative
- damndest superlative
- most damned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does damned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Godforsaken.
- 2
Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.
Their damned lawyers can go to hell.
- 3
Ellipsis of I'll be damned.
Damned if I know.
adverb
- 1
vulgarVery.
What's so damned important about a football game?
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of damn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Damned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense god-forsaken:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | foutu, maudit, condamné, perdu |
| German | verdammt, verflucht |
| Portuguese | condenado, maldito, amaldiçoado |
| Spanish | maldito, damnado (desus.), réprobo |
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.