# breathed

> English word · Verb · IPA /bɹiːðd/ · frequency rank #21,736

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

## Etymology
From breathe + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **breaths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breathed-vs-breaths)
- **breathes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breathed-vs-breathes)
- **breather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breathed-vs-breather)
- **breath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breath-vs-breathed)
- **bathed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bathed-vs-breathed)
- **breathe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breathe-vs-breathed)
- **beached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beached-vs-breathed)
- **breached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breached-vs-breathed)
- **breaches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaches-vs-breathed)
- **bleached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleached-vs-breathed)
- **breasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breasted-vs-breathed)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbreathed`, `berathed`, `braethed`, `breahted`, `breatehd`, `breathde`, `breathedd`, `breathhed`, `breatthed`, `bretahed`, `brreathed`, `rbeathed`

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