declared
/dɪˈklɛɹd/adjective, verb
declared is spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, declared means “Openly avowed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in declared?
| Letters | 8: D-E-C-L-A-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,725th 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 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 declared?
Declared appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th 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 declared?
- UK /dɪˈklɛəd/
- US /dɪˈklɛɹd/
Declared 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-declared.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with declared?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as declared from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹd/):
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).
What does declared mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Openly avowed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of declare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate declared?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of declared: d.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).