# abandoned

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈbæn.dənd/ · frequency rank #3,594

## Definitions
1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited.
4. No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

## Etymology
From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **abandon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abandon-vs-abandoned)

## Common misspellings (13)
`aabndoned`, `abadnoned`, `abanddoned`, `abandnoed`, `abandoend`, `abandonde`, `abandonedd`, `abandonned`, `abanndoned`, `abanodned`, `abbandoned`, `abnadoned`, `baandoned`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abandoned