postponed
adjective, verb
postponed is spelled P-O-S-T-P-O-N-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, postponed means “Done later than originally planned; delayed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in postponed?
| Letters | 9: P-O-S-T-P-O-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th 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 postponed?
Postponed appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th 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 postponed?
- US
Postponed 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-postponed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of postponed
- more postponed comparative
- most postponed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does postponed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Done later than originally planned; delayed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of postpone
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Postponed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense done later than originally planned; delayed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | reporté, remis à plus tard |
| German | verschoben, zurückgestellt, aufgeschoben |
| Portuguese | adiado, adiada, postergado |
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.