# allowed

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈlaʊd/ · frequency rank #985

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of allow

## Easily confused with
- **allows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allowed-vs-allows)
- **avowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allowed-vs-avowed)
- **alluded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allowed-vs-alluded)
- **aloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allowed-vs-aloud)
- **allow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allow-vs-allowed)
- **allied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allied-vs-allowed)
- **alleged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alleged-vs-allowed)
- **allotted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allotted-vs-allowed)

## Common misspellings (8)
`alloewd`, `allowde`, `allowedd`, `allowwed`, `allwoed`, `alolwed`, `alowed`, `lalowed`

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