pardoned
adjective, verb
pardoned is spelled P-A-R-D-O-N-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pardoned means “Forgiven for wrongdoing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pardoned?
| Letters | 8: P-A-R-D-O-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is pardoned?
Pardoned appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 pardoned?
- US
Pardoned 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-pardoned.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pardoned
- more pardoned comparative
- most pardoned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pardoned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Forgiven for wrongdoing.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of pardon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).