routed
/ˈɹuː.tɪd/adjective, verb
routed is spelled R-O-U-T-E-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, routed means “assigned a route” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in routed?
| Letters | 6: R-O-U-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 routed?
Routed appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 routed?
- UK /ˈɹuː.tɪd/
As an adjective (“decisively beaten or defeated”): /ˈɹaʊ.tɪd/.
Routed 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-routed_(oo).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-routed_(au).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with routed?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as routed from its last stressed vowel (/utɪd/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: detour, redout.
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).
What does routed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
assigned a route
- 2
decisively beaten or defeated
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of route
- 2
simple past and past participle of rout
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does routed come from?
From route + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).