# believed

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɪˈliːvd/ · frequency rank #1,810

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

## Easily confused with
- **belive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/believed-vs-belive)
- **beloved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/believed-vs-beloved)
- **believes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/believed-vs-believes)
- **believer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/believed-vs-believer)
- **besieged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/believed-vs-besieged)
- **believe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/believe-vs-believed)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbelieved`, `beileved`, `beleived`, `belieevd`, `believde`, `believedd`, `believved`, `beliveed`, `bellieved`, `bleieved`, `eblieved`

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