# called

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɔːld/ · frequency rank #231

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

## Easily confused with
- **calls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-calls)
- **cared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-cared)
- **caved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-caved)
- **Cally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-cally)
- **cased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-cased)
- **caused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-caused)
- **carved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-carved)
- **capped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-capped)
- **cooled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-cooled)
- **canned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-canned)
- **caller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-caller)
- **Cullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-cullen)
- **curled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-curled)
- **calves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-calves)
- **camped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-camped)
- **calmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-calmed)
- **cashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-cashed)
- **Callum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-callum)
- **calmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-calmer)
- **Callie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-callie)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aclled`, `caled`, `caleld`, `callde`, `calledd`, `ccalled`, `claled`

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