# decayed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈkeɪd/ · frequency rank #35,246

## Definitions
1. Having undergone decay, rotted.
2. Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.

## Easily confused with
- **decked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decayed-vs-decked)
- **decays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decayed-vs-decays)
- **decided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decayed-vs-decided)
- **delayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decayed-vs-delayed)
- **declared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decayed-vs-declared)
- **deceased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decayed-vs-deceased)
- **decay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decay-vs-decayed)
- **decade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decade-vs-decayed)
- **decades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decades-vs-decayed)
- **debated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debated-vs-decayed)

## Common misspellings (10)
`dceayed`, `ddecayed`, `deacyed`, `decaeyd`, `decayde`, `decayedd`, `decayyed`, `deccayed`, `decyaed`, `edcayed`

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