secured
se·cured/səˈkjʊɹd/adjective, verb
secured is spelled S-E-C-U-R-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables (se·cured). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, secured means “That has been secured or fastened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in secured?
| Letters | 7: S-E-C-U-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: se·cured |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th 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; 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 secured?
Secured appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 secured?
- UK /səˈkjʊəd/
- UK /səˈkjɔːd/
- US /səˈkjʊɹd/
Secured has 2 syllables, split se·cured in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-secured.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with secured?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as secured from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: seducer.
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 secured
- more secured comparative
- most secured superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does secured mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That has been secured or fastened.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of secure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).