detected
de·tect·ed/dɪˈtɛktɪd/adjective, verb
detected is spelled D-E-T-E-C-T-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables (de·tect·ed). It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, detected means “Having been noticed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in detected?
| Letters | 8: D-E-T-E-C-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: de·tect·ed |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is detected?
Detected appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 detected?
- /dɪˈtɛktɪd/
Detected has 3 syllables, split de·tect·ed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does detected mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having been noticed.
The detected submarine was tracked by sonar, it was easy once they knew where to look.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of detect
We detected the submarine long before it observed us.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Detected in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Referring to something that has been noticed:
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.