reconnoitered
/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚd/adjective, verb
reconnoitered is an adjective meaning “Of a region or situation that has been surveyed (especially in a military situation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-C-O-N-N-O-I-T-E-R-E-D, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reconnoitered mean?
adjective
- 1
Of a region or situation that has been surveyed (especially in a military situation).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of reconnoiter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reconnoitered?
- UK /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəd/
- US /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reconnoitered
- more reconnoitered comparative
- most reconnoitered superlative
- reconnoitred
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reconnoitered?
Reconnoitered appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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).