ordained
or·dained/ɔɹˈdeɪnd/adjective, verb
ordained is spelled O-R-D-A-I-N-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (or·dained). It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ordained means “Established by authority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ordained?
| Letters | 8: O-R-D-A-I-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: or·dained |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th 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; 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 ordained?
Ordained appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 ordained?
- US /ɔɹˈdeɪnd/
- UK /ɔːˈdeɪnd/
Ordained has 2 syllables, split or·dained in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-ordained.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ordained?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ordained from its last stressed vowel (/eɪnd/):
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 ordained mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Established by authority.
- 2
Admitted to the ministry of the church.
There was much pomp at the ceremony that made him an ordained minister.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of ordain
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).