powered
/paʊ.ɚd/adjective, verb
powered is spelled P-O-W-E-R-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, powered means “Having its own source of power, or a named source” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in powered?
| Letters | 7: P-O-W-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,667th 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 powered?
Powered appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th 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 powered?
- UK /paʊ.əd/
- US /paʊ.ɚd/
Powered 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-powered.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with powered?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as powered from its last stressed vowel (/aʊəɹd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: depower.
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 powered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having its own source of power, or a named source.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of power
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Powered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense powered (-powered):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | angetrieben (pt-p.), betrieben, -betrieben |
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.