supposed
sup·po·sed/səˈpoʊ.zɪd/adjective, verb
supposed is spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-E-D, 3 syllables: sup·po·sed. The wrong spelling people search most is suposed: about 90 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 20 of all searches for the word. Supposed is an adjective meaning “Alleged; assumed”.
How many letters and syllables are in supposed?
| Letters | 8: S-U-P-P-O-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sup·po·sed |
| In writing | 81 times per million words; the 1,302nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 4; the most searched, suposed, about 90 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell supposed?
Supposed is spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-E-D. 4 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for supposed in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is supposed?
Supposed appears 81 times per million words in written English, the 1,302nd 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 supposed?
- UK /səˈpəʊ.zɪd/
- US /səˈpoʊ.zɪd/
- US /səˈpoʊzd/
As a verb: /səˈpəʊzd/, /səˈpoʊzd/.
Supposed has 3 syllables, split sup·po·sed in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-supposed-adj.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-supposed3.wav, En-us-supposed-verb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with supposed
Also written: posed.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does supposed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Alleged; assumed.
Elvis is the supposed king of rock and roll.
- 2
Only used in supposed to
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of suppose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supposed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense presumed to be true, but without proof:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | vermeintlich |
| Portuguese | suposto |
| Spanish | supuesto, pretenso |
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.