# cared

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɛɹd/ · frequency rank #5,942

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

## Easily confused with
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-case)
- **cars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cars)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-core)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-crew)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cure)
- **carl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-carl)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cave)
- **cart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cart)
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cord)
- **carr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-carr)
- **Cary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cary)
- **carp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-carp)
- **cate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cate)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cree)
- **Caro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-caro)
- **cred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cred)
- **curd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-curd)
- **coed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-coed)
- **crud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-crud)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-cases)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acred`, `caerd`, `carde`, `caredd`, `carred`, `ccared`, `craed`

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