Leaved or left?
Both are forms of leave: leaved is the simple past and past participle of leave, and left the simple past and past participle of leave. On its own, leaved is an adjective meaning “Having a leaf, leaves or folds”, and left an adjective meaning “Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) left is about 832 times as common as leaved.
What is the difference between leaved and left?
| leaved | left | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, verb | adjective, adverb, noun, verb |
| Meaning | Having a leaf, leaves or folds | Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of… Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation On the left side |
| Example | none recorded | Near-synonym: port |
| Forms | none | lefter, leftmost, leftest |
| Pronunciation | /liːvd/ | /ˈlɛft/ /ˈɫɛft/ /ˈlɛf/ |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words | 417 times per million words |
Sources: leaved and left in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of leaved and left
leaved
- 1
Having a leaf, leaves or folds
left
- 1
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's…
Near-synonym: port
- 2
On the left side
- 3
The left side or direction
- 4
leftover, remaining
- 5
Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation
The road up ahead contains a left bend
- 6
Towards the left side
Turn left at the corner. NO! Your other left
- 7
The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group
The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet
- 8
Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this…
The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, leaved or left?
leaved appears about once in every 2 million words; left 417 times per million words.
leaved about once in every 2 million wordsleft 417 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).