professed
pro·fessed/pɹəˈfɛst/adjective, verb
professed is spelled P-R-O-F-E-S-S-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables (pro·fessed). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, professed means “Openly declared or acknowledged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in professed?
| Letters | 9: P-R-O-F-E-S-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pro·fessed |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is professed?
Professed appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 professed?
- /pɹəˈfɛst/
Professed has 2 syllables, split pro·fessed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-professed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of professed
- more professed comparative
- most professed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does professed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Openly declared or acknowledged.
His professed religion was Catholicism.
- 2
Professing to be qualified.
She is a professed expert in mechanics.
- 3
Admitted to a religious order.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of profess
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).