# drained

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɹeɪnd/ · frequency rank #11,371

## Definitions
1. Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
2. Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.

## Etymology
From drain + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **dried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drained-vs-dried)
- **drains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drained-vs-drains)
- **draped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drained-vs-draped)
- **drowned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drained-vs-drowned)
- **drain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drain-vs-drained)
- **dined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dined-vs-drained)
- **damned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damned-vs-drained)
- **darned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darned-vs-drained)
- **defined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defined-vs-drained)
- **dragged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dragged-vs-drained)
- **drafted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drafted-vs-drained)
- **detained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detained-vs-drained)
- **derailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derailed-vs-drained)

## Common misspellings (10)
`darined`, `ddrained`, `draiend`, `drainde`, `drainedd`, `drainned`, `dranied`, `drianed`, `drrained`, `rdained`

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