featured
/ˈfiːt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/adjective, verb
featured is spelled F-E-A-T-U-R-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, featured means “displayed with special treatment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in featured?
| Letters | 8: F-E-A-T-U-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 28 times per million words; the 3,364th 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 featured?
Featured appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th 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 featured?
- /ˈfiːt͡ʃə(ɹ)d/
Featured 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-featured.wav, En-us-featured.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of featured
- more featured comparative
- most featured superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does featured mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
displayed with special treatment
This month's featured products are on the first page of the catalogue.
- 2
Having features of a particular kind.
the broad-featured son of a farmer
verb
- 1
past participle of feature
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Featured in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense displayed with special treatment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | im Fokus |
| Spanish | destacado |
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.
Where does featured come from?
From feature + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).