focused
/ˈfoʊ.kəst/adjective, verb
focused is spelled F-O-C-U-S-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 45 times per million words in written English, the 2,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, focused means “Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in focused?
| Letters | 7: F-O-C-U-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 45 times per million words; the 2,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is focused?
Focused appears 45 times per million words in written English, the 2,253rd 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 focused?
- UK /ˈfəʊ.kəst/
- US /ˈfoʊ.kəst/
- Australia /ˈfəʉ.kəst/
Focused 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-focused.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with focused
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: focussed.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with focused?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as focused from its last stressed vowel (/oʊkəst/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: defocus.
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 focused
- more focused comparative
- most focused superlative
- focussed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does focused mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
- 2
Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of focus
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Focused in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense directing all one's efforts towards a goal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | fokussiert, konzentriert |
| Spanish | enfocado |
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.