shared
/ʃɛɹd/adjective, verb
shared is spelled S-H-A-R-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, shared means “Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shared?
| Letters | 6: S-H-A-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 48 times per million words; the 2,113th 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 shared?
Shared appears 48 times per million words in written English, the 2,113th 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 shared?
- UK /ʃɛːd/
- US /ʃɛɹd/
- Australia /ʃeːd/
Shared 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: En-us-shared.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shared?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shared from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shader, dasher.
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 shared mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of share
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shared in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense used by multiple agents:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | gemeinsam, geteilt, verteilt |
| Portuguese | compartilhado |
| Spanish | compartido |
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.