induced
/ɪnˈdust/adjective, verb
induced is spelled I-N-D-U-C-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, induced means “Brought about; caused to happen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in induced?
| Letters | 7: I-N-D-U-C-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 induced?
Induced appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 induced?
- US /ɪnˈdust/
- UK /ɪnˈdjuːst/
Induced 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-induced.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with induced?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as induced from its last stressed vowel (/ust/):
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).
What does induced mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Brought about; caused to happen.
a drug-induced coma
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of induce
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).