renowned
re·nowned/ɹɪˈnaʊnd/adjective, verb
renowned is spelled R-E-N-O-W-N-E-D, 2 syllables: re·nowned. The wrong spelling people search most is reknowned: about 100 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 19 of all searches for the word. Renowned is an adjective meaning “Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored”.
How many letters and syllables are in renowned?
| Letters | 8: R-E-N-O-W-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·nowned |
| In writing | 9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, reknowned, about 100 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell renowned?
Renowned is spelled R-E-N-O-W-N-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 19 of the searches for renowned 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 renowned?
Renowned appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 renowned?
- US /ɹɪˈnaʊnd/
Renowned has 2 syllables, split re·nowned in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-renowned.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-renowned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with renowned?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as renowned from its last stressed vowel (/aʊnd/):
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).
Forms of renowned
- more renowned comparative
- most renowned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does renowned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.
The movie Three Stars is about world-renowned chefs.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of renown
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Renowned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense famous:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | renommé, de renom |
| German | berühmt, renommiert |
| Portuguese | de renome, renomado |
| Spanish | renombrado, de renombre, reconocido, distinguido, afamado, insigne |
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.