designed
de·signed/dɪˈzaɪnd/adjective, verb
designed is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-E-D, 2 syllables: de·signed. The wrong spelling people search most is desgined: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 909 of all searches for the word. Designed is an adjective meaning “Created according to a design”.
How many letters and syllables are in designed?
| Letters | 8: D-E-S-I-G-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: de·signed |
| In writing | 91 times per million words; the 1,167th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, desgined, about 10 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 designed?
Designed is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 937 of the searches for designed in either form.
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 designed?
Designed appears 91 times per million words in written English, the 1,167th 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 designed?
- /dɪˈzaɪnd/
Designed has 2 syllables, split de·signed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-designed.wav, En-us-designed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does designed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Created according to a design.
- 2
datedPlanned; designated.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of design
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).