# derailed

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #25,032

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

## Easily confused with
- **derived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derailed-vs-derived)
- **drained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derailed-vs-drained)
- **derided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derailed-vs-derided)
- **detailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derailed-vs-detailed)
- **detained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derailed-vs-detained)
- **deranged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derailed-vs-deranged)
- **derail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derail-vs-derailed)
- **defiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defiled-vs-derailed)

## Common misspellings (11)
`dderailed`, `deariled`, `deraield`, `derailde`, `derailedd`, `derailled`, `deralied`, `derialed`, `derrailed`, `dreailed`, `edrailed`

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