# eaten

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈiː.tn̩/ · frequency rank #5,786

## Definitions
1. past participle of eat

## Etymology
From Middle English eten, from Old English eten, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etanaz; morphologically eat + -en.

## Easily confused with
- **een** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-een)
- **even** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-even)
- **eats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eats)
- **Eden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eden)
- **Eton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eton)
- **Eben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eben)
- **enter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-enter)
- **ellen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-ellen)
- **eater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eater)
- **Eaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eaton)
- **Elton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-elton)
- **ester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-ester)
- **eaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eaves)
- **Estes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-estes)
- **Essen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-essen)
- **elven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-elven)
- **eating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-eating)
- **extent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-extent)
- **extend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-extend)
- **elated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-elated)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aeten`, `eaetn`, `eatenn`, `eatne`, `eatten`, `etaen`

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