decided
de·ci·ded/dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/adjective, noun, verb
decided is spelled D-E-C-I-D-E-D, 3 syllables: de·ci·ded. The wrong spelling people search most is desided: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Decided is an adjective meaning “Determined; resolute”.
How many letters and syllables are in decided?
| Letters | 7: D-E-C-I-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: de·ci·ded |
| In writing | 123 times per million words; the 851st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, desided, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell decided?
Decided is spelled D-E-C-I-D-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is decided?
Decided appears 123 times per million words in written English, the 851st 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 decided?
- /dɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/
- /diˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/
- /dəˈsaɪ.dəd/
Decided has 3 syllables, split de·ci·ded in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-decided.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of decided
- more decided comparative
- most decided superlative
- decideds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does decided mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Determined; resolute.
A woman of decided opinions
- 2
Clear; unmistakable, definite, unquestionable.
It was a decided victory.
noun
- 1
A voter etc. who has reached their decision.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of decide
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Decided in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense determined:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décidé |
| German | entschieden |
| Spanish | decidido |
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.