favoured
fa·voured/ˈfeɪ.vɚd/adjective, verb
favoured is spelled F-A-V-O-U-R-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (fa·voured). It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “favored vs favoured” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, favoured means “Treated or regarded with partiality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in favoured?
| Letters | 8: F-A-V-O-U-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fa·voured |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is favoured?
Favoured appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 favoured?
- US /ˈfeɪ.vɚd/
- UK /ˈfeɪ.vəd/
Favoured has 2 syllables, split fa·voured in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-favoured.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with favoured
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: favored.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of favoured
- more favoured comparative
- most favoured superlative
- favored
- favor’d
- favour’d
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does favoured mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Treated or regarded with partiality.
- 2
Having a certain appearance or physical features.
ill-favoured; well-favoured; hard-favoured
- 3
datedWearing a favour.
a white-favoured footman
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of favour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Favoured in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense treated or regarded with partiality:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | agraciado, favorido (disused), favorecido |
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.