funded
/ˈfʌndɪd/adjective, verb
funded is spelled F-U-N-D-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,365th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, funded means “Having received financial support; paid for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in funded?
| Letters | 6: F-U-N-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,365th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is funded?
Funded appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,365th 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 funded?
- /ˈfʌndɪd/
Funded 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: En-us-funded.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with funded?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as funded.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: defund.
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 funded
- more funded comparative
- most funded superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does funded mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having received financial support; paid for.
- 2
Having received financial support from a particular source.
a tax-funded project
- 3
Invested in public funds; existing in the form of bonds.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of fund
The government funded the research.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Funded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having financial support:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | financé |
| German | finanziert |
| Spanish | financiado |
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.