# delayed

> English word · Verb · IPA /dəˈleɪd/ · frequency rank #5,116

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

## Easily confused with
- **delved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delayed-vs-delved)
- **deleted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delayed-vs-deleted)
- **deluded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delayed-vs-deluded)
- **dilated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delayed-vs-dilated)
- **delay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delay-vs-delayed)
- **debated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debated-vs-delayed)
- **Delaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delaney-vs-delayed)
- **decayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decayed-vs-delayed)
- **declared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/declared-vs-delayed)
- **deflated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deflated-vs-delayed)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddelayed`, `dealyed`, `delaeyd`, `delayde`, `delayedd`, `delayyed`, `dellayed`, `delyaed`, `dleayed`, `edlayed`

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