# bearded

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbɪədɪd/ · frequency rank #18,492

## Definitions
1. Having a beard; involving a beard.
2. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with).
3. Of an axe: having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low.
4. Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type.
5. Having barbs of a certain color.

## Etymology
From Middle English berded, either from Old English ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English; by surface analysis, beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”).

## Easily confused with
- **bearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearded-vs-bearer)
- **bladed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearded-vs-bladed)
- **bedded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearded-vs-bedded)
- **braided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearded-vs-braided)
- **boarder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearded-vs-boarder)
- **beard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beard-vs-bearded)
- **barred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barred-vs-bearded)
- **barbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-bearded)
- **banded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banded-vs-bearded)
- **beaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaded-vs-bearded)
- **beamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beamed-vs-bearded)
- **barked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barked-vs-bearded)
- **beached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beached-vs-bearded)

## Common misspellings (10)
`baerded`, `bbearded`, `beadred`, `beardde`, `beardded`, `beardedd`, `bearedd`, `bearrded`, `beraded`, `ebarded`

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