ordered
or·dered/ˈoɹ.dɚd/adjective, verb
ordered is spelled O-R-D-E-R-E-D, 2 syllables: or·dered. The wrong spelling people search most is orderd: about 100 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 27 of all searches for the word. Ordered is an adjective meaning “In order, not messy, tidy”.
How many letters and syllables are in ordered?
| Letters | 7: O-R-D-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: or·dered |
| In writing | 55 times per million words; the 1,865th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, orderd, about 100 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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).
How do you spell ordered?
Ordered is spelled O-R-D-E-R-E-D. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 23 of the searches for ordered 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 ordered?
Ordered appears 55 times per million words in written English, the 1,865th 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 ordered?
- UK /ˈɔː.dəd/
- US /ˈoɹ.dɚd/
- Australia /ˈoː.dəd/
Ordered has 2 syllables, split or·dered in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ordered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ordered
- more ordered comparative
- most ordered superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ordered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
In order, not messy, tidy.
- 2
Equipped with a partial or total order which, in any of several technical senses, respects the algebraic structure of the object (if such structure exists). See .
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of order
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ordered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in order, not messy, tidy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | sortiert |
| Portuguese | organizado |
| Spanish | ordenado |
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.