# dazed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /deɪzd/ · frequency rank #24,421

## Definitions
1. In a state of shock or confusion.
2. Stunned or entranced.

## Etymology
From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).

## Easily confused with
- **ded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-ded)
- **died** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-died)
- **deed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-deed)
- **dyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-dyed)
- **doze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-doze)
- **dozen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-dozen)
- **dried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-dried)
- **diced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-diced)
- **dined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-dined)
- **dived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-dived)
- **doped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-doped)
- **domed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-domed)
- **draped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-draped)
- **dazzled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dazed-vs-dazzled)
- **dad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dad-vs-dazed)
- **DAE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dae-vs-dazed)
- **date** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/date-vs-dazed)
- **Dave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dave-vs-dazed)
- **dare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dare-vs-dazed)
- **dale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dale-vs-dazed)

## Common misspellings (7)
`adzed`, `daezd`, `dazde`, `dazedd`, `dazzed`, `ddazed`, `dzaed`

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