signed
/saɪnd/adjective, verb
signed is spelled S-I-G-N-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 71 times per million words in written English, the 1,486th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, signed means “Having a signature; endorsed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in signed?
| Letters | 6: S-I-G-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 71 times per million words; the 1,486th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 signed?
Signed appears 71 times per million words in written English, the 1,486th 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 signed?
- /saɪnd/
Signed 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-signed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with signed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as signed.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: design.
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 signed
- sigh'd
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does signed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a signature; endorsed.
The signed check could be cashed.
- 2
Having both positive and negative varieties.
It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.
- 3
Furnished with signs and signposts; signposted.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of sign
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate signed?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of signed: sgd..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Signed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | signé |
| Portuguese | com sinal |
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.