fanned
/fænd/adjective, verb
fanned is spelled F-A-N-N-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, fanned means “Having a fan-line appearance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fanned?
| Letters | 6: F-A-N-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 fanned?
Fanned appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 fanned?
- US /fænd/
- [feənd] ~ [fɛənd]
- British /fand/
Fanned 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)-Persent101-fanned.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-fanned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fanned?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fanned from its last stressed vowel (/ænd/):
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 fanned
- more fanned comparative
- most fanned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fanned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a fan-line appearance.
- 2
Brought into a more passionate or extreme state; invigorated.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of fan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).