tried
/tɹaɪd/adjective, verb
tried is spelled T-R-I-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 145 times per million words in written English, the 711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tried means “Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tried?
| Letters | 5: T-R-I-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 145 times per million words; the 711th 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 tried?
Tried appears 145 times per million words in written English, the 711th 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 tried?
- /tɹaɪd/
Tried 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-tried.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tried?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tried.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tired, tider.
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 tried
- more tried comparative
- most tried superlative
- tryed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tried mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
- 2
Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of try
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tried come from?
From Middle English tried, tryed, equivalent to try + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).