restricted
re·strict·ed/ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪd/adjective, verb
restricted is spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-E-D, 3 syllables: re·strict·ed. The wrong spelling people search most is resticted: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 139 of all searches for the word. Restricted is an adjective meaning “Limited within bounds”.
How many letters and syllables are in restricted?
| Letters | 10: R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: re·strict·ed |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, resticted, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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).
How do you spell restricted?
Restricted is spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 139 of the searches for restricted 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 restricted?
Restricted appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th 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 restricted?
- /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪd/
Restricted has 3 syllables, split re·strict·ed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-restricted.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of restricted
- more restricted comparative
- most restricted superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does restricted mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Limited within bounds.
- 2
Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
restricted area
- 3
USOnly available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
This hotel is restricted: no Blacks.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of restrict
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate restricted?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of restricted: R.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Restricted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | restreint , réservé |
| German | begrenzt |
| Portuguese | restrito, restringido |
| Spanish | restricto, restringido |
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.