betrothed

Other forms of betrothed

plural

betrotheds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about betrothed

What does betrothed mean?

betrothed means "the person to whom you are engaged". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in betrothed?

betrothed has 2 syllables: betro-thed. The stress falls on "betro".

What is another word for betrothed?

Close synonyms include bespoken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is betrothed a common word?

betrothed is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.