# desired

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈzaɪəd/ · frequency rank #5,492

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

## Easily confused with
- **desires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desired-vs-desires)
- **devised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desired-vs-devised)
- **destined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desired-vs-destined)
- **despised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desired-vs-despised)
- **desire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desire-vs-desired)
- **denied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denied-vs-desired)
- **decided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decided-vs-desired)
- **defined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defined-vs-desired)
- **derived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derived-vs-desired)
- **derided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derided-vs-desired)
- **defiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defiled-vs-desired)
- **designed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/designed-vs-desired)
- **deserved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deserved-vs-desired)
- **deserted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deserted-vs-desired)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddesired`, `deisred`, `desierd`, `desirde`, `desiredd`, `desirred`, `desried`, `dessired`, `dseired`, `edsired`

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