inherited

in·her·it·ed/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtɪd/adjective, verb

inherited is spelled I-N-H-E-R-I-T-E-D: 9 letters and 4 syllables (in·her·it·ed). It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, inherited means “Obtained via an inheritance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in inherited?

Letters	9: I-N-H-E-R-I-T-E-D
Syllables	4: in·her·it·ed
In writing	8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th 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 inherited?

Inherited appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce inherited?

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtɪd/

Inherited has 4 syllables, split in·her·it·ed in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-inherited.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does inherited mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
Obtained via an inheritance
inherited money
2
hereditary.
an inherited disease

verb

1
simple past and past participle of inherit (a form of inherit)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Inherited in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
German	übernommen (obtained via an inheritance), geerbt (inherited diseases etc)

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.