inferred
/ɪnˈfɜɹd/adjective, verb
inferred is spelled I-N-F-E-R-R-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is infered: about 140 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Inferred is an adjective meaning “Concluded by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence”.
How many letters and syllables are in inferred?
| Letters | 8: I-N-F-E-R-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, infered, about 140 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell inferred?
Inferred is spelled I-N-F-E-R-R-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for inferred in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is inferred?
Inferred appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 inferred?
- UK /ɪnˈfɜːd/
- US /ɪnˈfɜɹd/
Inferred 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-inferred.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with inferred?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as inferred from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹd/):
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 inferred
- more inferred comparative
- most inferred superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inferred mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Concluded by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of infer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).