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welcomed

wel·comed/ˈwɛlkəmd/adjective, verb

welcomed is spelled W-E-L-C-O-M-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (wel·comed). It appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, welcomed means “Having received a warm welcome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in welcomed?

Letters8: W-E-L-C-O-M-E-D
Syllables2: wel·comed
In writing9.1 times per million words; the 7,553rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is welcomed?

Welcomed appears 9.1 times per million words in written English, the 7,553rd 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 welcomed?

  • /ˈwɛlkəmd/

Welcomed has 2 syllables, split wel·comed in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-welcomed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of welcomed

  • more welcomed comparative
  • most welcomed superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does welcomed mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Having received a warm welcome.

    I felt so welcomed at your party last night.

verb

  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of welcome (a form of welcome)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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