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recorded

re·cord·ed/ɹəˈkɔɹdɪd/adjective, verb

recorded is spelled R-E-C-O-R-D-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables (re·cord·ed). It appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, recorded means “That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in recorded?

Letters8: R-E-C-O-R-D-E-D
Syllables3: re·cord·ed
In writing46 times per million words; the 2,204th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is recorded?

Recorded appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th 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 recorded?

  • UK /ɹɪˈkɔːdɪd/
  • UK /ɹə-/
  • US /ɹəˈkɔɹdɪd/

Recorded has 3 syllables, split re·cord·ed in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-recorded.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with recorded?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as recorded from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹdɪd/):

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 recorded mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape).

    Recorded music comes in many forms.

verb

  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of record (a form of record)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate recorded?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of recorded: recd..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Recorded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense that has been fixed into a physical medium:

LanguageWords
Germanaufgezeichnet

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.

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