secluded
/sɪˈkluːdɪd/adjective, verb
secluded is spelled S-E-C-L-U-D-E-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, secluded means “Hidden, isolated, remote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in secluded?
| Letters | 8: S-E-C-L-U-D-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is secluded?
Secluded appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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 secluded?
- UK /sɪˈkluːdɪd/
- UK /sɪˈkluːdɪd/
- UK /səˈkluːdɪd/
Secluded has 3 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-secluded.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of secluded
- more secluded comparative
- most secluded superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does secluded mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Hidden, isolated, remote.
Hidden in the mountains is a small secluded village that not many people know of.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of seclude
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Secluded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in seclusion, isolated, remote:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | isolé, retiré |
| German | abgeschieden, abgesondert, abgelegen, einsam |
| Portuguese | recluso |
| Spanish | secluso (desus.), secluido, secludido |
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.