returned
re·turned/ɹɪˈtɝnd/adjective, verb
returned is spelled R-E-T-U-R-N-E-D, 2 syllables: re·turned. The wrong spelling people search most is returnd: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 50 of all searches for the word. Returned is an adjective meaning “Bent back; angled”.
How many letters and syllables are in returned?
| Letters | 8: R-E-T-U-R-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: re·turned |
| In writing | 66 times per million words; the 1,602nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, returnd, about 20 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 returned?
Returned is spelled R-E-T-U-R-N-E-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 50 of the searches for returned 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 returned?
Returned appears 66 times per million words in written English, the 1,602nd 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 returned?
- UK /ɹɪˈtəːnd/
- US /ɹɪˈtɝnd/
Returned has 2 syllables, split re·turned in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-returned.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with returned?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as returned from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹnd/):
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 returned
- more returned comparative
- most returned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does returned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Bent back; angled.
- 2
That has come back.
- 3
Yielded as a return on an investment etc.
- 4
AustraliaCanadaUSBack home having been discharged from military service.
There are about thirty full-blooded returned men in this state whom I believe are not entitled to the old-age pension.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of return
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate returned?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of returned: ret'd.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).