drowned
/dɹaʊnd/adjective, verb
drowned is spelled D-R-O-W-N-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, drowned means “That has died by drowning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drowned?
| Letters | 7: D-R-O-W-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is drowned?
Drowned appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 drowned?
- /dɹaʊnd/
- /dɹuːnd/
Drowned 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drowned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does drowned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That has died by drowning.
a drowned rat
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of drown
She (was) drowned while trying to swim across the English Channel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drowned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that has died by drowning:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | ertrunken |
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.