planned
/plænd/adjective, verb
planned is spelled P-L-A-N-N-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 49 times per million words in written English, the 2,072nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, planned means “Existing or designed according to a plan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in planned?
| Letters | 7: P-L-A-N-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 49 times per million words; the 2,072nd 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 planned?
Planned appears 49 times per million words in written English, the 2,072nd 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 planned?
- /plænd/
Planned has one syllable (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-planned.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does planned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Existing or designed according to a plan.
- 2
at or through the planning stage, but not yet implemented or started.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of plan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Planned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense existing or designed according to a plan:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | planifié |
| Portuguese | planeado, planejado |
| Spanish | planeado, planificado |
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.