fated

[ˈfeɪ̯ɾɨd]adjective, verb

fated is spelled F-A-T-E-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, fated means “Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in fated?

Letters	5: F-A-T-E-D
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st 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 fated?

Fated appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form in the list.

fated0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce fated?

/ˈfeɪtɪd/
US [ˈfeɪ̯ɾɨd]

Fated 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does fated mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.

verb

1
raresimple past and past participle of fate (a form of fate)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Fated in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense foreordain, predetermined:

Language	Words
German	vorbestimmt
Portuguese	predestinado, fadado

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.