# bored

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɔːd/ · frequency rank #5,103

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

## Etymology
From bore + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-born)
- **brad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-brad)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-boyd)
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bred)
- **brew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-brew)
- **borg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-borg)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bose)
- **bree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bree)
- **Boro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-boro)
- **Brea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-brea)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bowe)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bren)
- **bread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bread)
- **bound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bound)
- **boxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-boxes)
- **breed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-breed)
- **Boris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-boris)
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-boxer)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-borne)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bored-vs-bowel)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbored`, `boerd`, `borde`, `boredd`, `borred`, `broed`, `obred`

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