# ceased

> English word · Verb · IPA /siːst/ · frequency rank #9,450

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

## Easily confused with
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-chase)
- **ceded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-ceded)
- **closed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-closed)
- **cursed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-cursed)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-chased)
- **coated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-coated)
- **crease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-crease)
- **ceases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-ceases)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-chases)
- **crazed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-crazed)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-chaser)
- **craved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-craved)
- **clawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-clawed)
- **coaxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-coaxed)
- **celled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-celled)
- **created** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-created)
- **cleared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-cleared)
- **crashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-crashed)
- **cleaned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-cleaned)
- **cheated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceased-vs-cheated)

## Common misspellings (8)
`caesed`, `cceased`, `ceaesd`, `ceasde`, `ceasedd`, `ceassed`, `cesaed`, `ecased`

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