# bereft

> English word · Verb · IPA /bəˈɹɛft/ · frequency rank #36,885

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

## Etymology
From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.

## Easily confused with
- **Bert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bereft-vs-bert)
- **brett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bereft-vs-brett)
- **Brent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bereft-vs-brent)
- **beset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bereft-vs-beset)
- **beret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bereft-vs-beret)
- **Brest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bereft-vs-brest)
- **Beretta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bereft-vs-beretta)
- **beef** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beef-vs-bereft)
- **beet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beet-vs-bereft)
- **beefy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beefy-vs-bereft)
- **behest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/behest-vs-bereft)
- **benefit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benefit-vs-bereft)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbereft`, `beerft`, `berefft`, `bereftt`, `beretf`, `berfet`, `berreft`, `breeft`, `ebreft`

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