informed
/ɪnˈfɔɹmd/adjective, verb
informed is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, informed means “Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in informed?
| Letters | 8: I-N-F-O-R-M-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 28 times per million words; the 3,288th 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 informed?
Informed appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th 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 informed?
- US /ɪnˈfɔɹmd/
- UK /ɪnˈfɔːmd/
Informed 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-informed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with informed?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as informed from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹmd/):
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 informed
- more informed comparative
- most informed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does informed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
An informed young man delivered a lecture on the history of modern art.
- 2
Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.
- 3
obsoleteCreated, given form.
- 4
obsoleteUnformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.
- 5
obsoleteNot included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations.
the informed stars
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of inform
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Informed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education:
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.
Where does informed come from?
From inform + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).