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focussed

verb, adjective

focussed is spelled F-O-C-U-S-S-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, focussed means “simple past and past participle of focus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in focussed?

Letters8: F-O-C-U-S-S-E-D
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people 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); 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 focussed?

Focussed appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd 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 focussed?

    Focussed 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).

    Words people confuse with focussed

    Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

    focused vs focussed0 B

    Also written: focused.

    Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    Forms of focussed

    • more focussed comparative
    • most focussed superlative
    • focused

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

    What does focussed mean?

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

    verb

    1. 1

      Commonwealthsimple past and past participle of focus (a form of focus)

    adjective

    1. 1

      CommonwealthAlternative spelling of focused.

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

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