# biased

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈbaɪəst/ · frequency rank #10,167

## Definitions
1. Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
2. Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.
3. Angled at a slant.
4. On which an electrical bias is applied.
5. Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.

## Etymology
From bias + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **blamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-blamed)
- **billed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-billed)
- **biases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-biases)
- **braced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-braced)
- **blazed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-blazed)
- **bladed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-bladed)
- **braved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-braved)
- **blasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-blasted)
- **boasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-boasted)
- **braised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biased-vs-braised)
- **base** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/base-vs-biased)
- **bias** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bias-vs-biased)
- **based** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/based-vs-biased)
- **bases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bases-vs-biased)
- **baked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baked-vs-biased)
- **Basel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/basel-vs-biased)
- **bashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bashed-vs-biased)
- **beaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaded-vs-biased)
- **beamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beamed-vs-biased)

## Common misspellings (8)
`baised`, `bbiased`, `biaesd`, `biasde`, `biasedd`, `biassed`, `bisaed`, `ibased`

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