recognized
rec·og·nized/ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzd/adjective, verb
recognized is spelled R-E-C-O-G-N-I-Z-E-D, 3 syllables: rec·og·nized. The wrong spelling people search most is reconized: about 100 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 11 of all searches for the word. Recognized is an adjective meaning “Notable; distinguished; honored”.
How many letters and syllables are in recognized?
| Letters | 10: R-E-C-O-G-N-I-Z-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: rec·og·nized |
| In writing | 33 times per million words; the 2,888th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, reconized, about 100 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell recognized?
Recognized is spelled R-E-C-O-G-N-I-Z-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 11 of the searches for recognized in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is recognized?
Recognized appears 33 times per million words in written English, the 2,888th 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 recognized?
- /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzd/
Recognized has 3 syllables, split rec·og·nized in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-recognized.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with recognized
Also written: recognised.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of recognized
- more recognized comparative
- most recognized superlative
- recognised
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does recognized mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
BritishUSNotable; distinguished; honored.
verb
- 1
BritishUSsimple past and past participle of recognize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Recognized in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense notable, distinguished, honored:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | reconnu |
| German | anerkannt |
| Spanish | reconocido |
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.