evolved
adjective, verb
evolved is spelled E-V-O-L-V-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, evolved means “Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in evolved?
| Letters | 7: E-V-O-L-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,138th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 evolved?
Evolved appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,138th 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 evolved?
- US
Evolved 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-evolved.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with evolved?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as evolved.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: devolve.
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 evolved
- more evolved comparative
- most evolved superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evolved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development.
- 2
informalBiologically gifted.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of evolve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).