sworn
/swɔɹn/adjective, verb
sworn is spelled S-W-O-R-N: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sworn means “Given or declared under oath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sworn?
| Letters | 5: S-W-O-R-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 sworn?
Sworn appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 sworn?
- UK /swɔːn/
- US /swɔɹn/
- /swo(ː)ɹn/
Sworn 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)-Pvanp7-sworn.wav, En-us-sworn.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sworn?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sworn from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹn/):
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 sworn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Given or declared under oath.
His sworn statement convinced the judge.
- 2
Bound as though by an oath.
I'm sworn to secrecy.
- 3
Ardent, devout.
a sworn foe
verb
- 1
past participle of swear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sworn in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Given under oath:
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.
Where does sworn come from?
From Middle English sworen, isworen, from Old English sworen, ġesworen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaran, *giswaran, from Proto-Germanic *swaranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to swear”), equivalent to swear + -en.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).