darned
/dɑːnd/adjective, adverb, verb
darned is spelled D-A-R-N-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, darned means “A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in darned?
| Letters | 6: D-A-R-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 darned?
Darned appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 darned?
- UK /dɑːnd/
Darned 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).
What rhymes with darned?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as darned (/ɑnd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dander.
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 darned
- darneder comparative, rare
- darnder comparative, rare
- darnedest superlative
- darndest superlative
- darn'd
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does darned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.
Those darned kids were round here again this morning.
adverb
- 1
Damned, extremely.
That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of darn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).