resolved
/ɹɪˈzɑlvd/adjective, verb
resolved is spelled R-E-S-O-L-V-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, resolved means “Determined; fixed in one's purpose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in resolved?
| Letters | 8: R-E-S-O-L-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 resolved?
Resolved appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th 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 resolved?
- US /ɹɪˈzɑlvd/
- UK /ɹɪˈzɒlvd/
Resolved 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: En-us-resolved.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with resolved?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as resolved from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlvd/):
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 resolved
- more resolved comparative
- most resolved superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resolved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Determined; fixed in one's purpose.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of resolve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).