# begun

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɪˈɡʌn/ · frequency rank #3,863

## Definitions
1. past participle of begin
2. simple past of begin

## Easily confused with
- **ben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-ben)
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-bun)
- **bein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-bein)
- **Bern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-bern)
- **bogus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-bogus)
- **Braun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-braun)
- **Benin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-benin)
- **Bevan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-bevan)
- **bogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-bogan)
- **bergen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begun-vs-bergen)
- **beg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beg-vs-begun)
- **been** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/been-vs-begun)
- **bean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bean-vs-begun)
- **beau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beau-vs-begun)
- **begs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begs-vs-begun)
- **began** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/began-vs-begun)
- **begin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begin-vs-begun)
- **beaux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaux-vs-begun)
- **beaut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaut-vs-begun)
- **begum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/begum-vs-begun)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbegun`, `beggun`, `begnu`, `begunn`, `beugn`, `bgeun`, `ebgun`

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