resigned
/ɹɪˈzaɪnd/adjective, verb
resigned is spelled R-E-S-I-G-N-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, resigned means “Characterized by resignation or acceptance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in resigned?
| Letters | 8: R-E-S-I-G-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 resigned?
Resigned appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 resigned?
- /ɹɪˈzaɪnd/
Resigned has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resigned.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with resigned?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as resigned.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: designer, redesign.
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 resigned
- more resigned comparative
- most resigned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resigned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Characterized by resignation or acceptance.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of resign
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).