posed
/poʊzd/verb, adjective
posed is spelled P-O-S-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, posed means “Alternative spelling of supposed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in posed?
| Letters | 5: P-O-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.5 times per million words; the 9,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is posed?
Posed appears 6.5 times per million words in written English, the 9,463rd 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 posed?
- UK /pəʊzd/
- US /poʊzd/
Posed 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).
Words people confuse with posed
Also written: supposed.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with posed?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as posed from its last stressed vowel (/oʊzd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: despo.
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 posed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of pose
- 2
Alternative spelling of supposed.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteFirm; determined; fixed.
- 2
Holding a certain pose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).