ghostwritten
adjective, verb
ghostwritten is spelled G-H-O-S-T-W-R-I-T-T-E-N: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ghostwritten means “Written by a ghostwriter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ghostwritten?
| Letters | 12: G-H-O-S-T-W-R-I-T-T-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is ghostwritten?
Ghostwritten appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 ghostwritten?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-ghostwritten.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does ghostwritten mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Written by a ghostwriter.
verb
- 1
past participle of ghostwrite
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ghostwritten come from?
From ghost + written.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).