earned
/ɝnd/adjective, verb
earned is spelled E-A-R-N-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, earned means “Not paid for; appearing in media on its own merits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in earned?
| Letters | 6: E-A-R-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,725th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is earned?
Earned 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 earned?
- US /ɝnd/
- UK /ɜːnd/
Earned has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-earned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with earned?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as earned from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹnd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: endear, deaner.
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).
Forms of earned
- earnt UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does earned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not paid for; appearing in media on its own merits.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of earn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).