guided
/ˈɡaɪdɪd/adjective, verb
guided is spelled G-U-I-D-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, guided means “Subject to guidance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in guided?
| Letters | 6: G-U-I-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th 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 guided?
Guided appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 guided?
- /ˈɡaɪdɪd/
Guided 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-guided.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does guided mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Subject to guidance.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of guide
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Guided in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense subject to guidance:
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.