sewed
/ˈsoʊd/adjective, verb
sewed is spelled S-E-W-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sewed means “Having been created through the sewing process” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sewed?
| Letters | 5: S-E-W-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th 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 sewed?
Sewed appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 sewed?
- US /ˈsoʊd/
- UK /ˈsəʊd/
Sewed has one syllable (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-sewed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sewed?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sewed from its last stressed vowel (/oʊd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: weeds, swede.
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 sewed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having been created through the sewing process.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of sew
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sewed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having been created through the sewing process:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | genäht |
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.