# failed

> English word · Verb · IPA /feɪld/ · frequency rank #1,596

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

## Easily confused with
- **file** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-file)
- **fled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fled)
- **fixed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fixed)
- **fired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fired)
- **filed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-filed)
- **files** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-files)
- **fails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fails)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fried)
- **fined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fined)
- **famed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-famed)
- **faked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-faked)
- **fated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fated)
- **filet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-filet)
- **filled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-filled)
- **fallen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fallen)
- **filmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-filmed)
- **fooled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fooled)
- **fueled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fueled)
- **Farley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-farley)
- **fairer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fairer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`afiled`, `faield`, `failde`, `failedd`, `failled`, `falied`, `ffailed`, `fialed`

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