# fired

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfaɪəd/ · frequency rank #2,346

## Definitions
1. dismissed, terminated from employment.
2. Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.

## Etymology
From fire + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-free)
- **five** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-five)
- **firm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-firm)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-ford)
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fred)
- **fled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fled)
- **fret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fret)
- **Frey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-frey)
- **first** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-first)
- **fixed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fixed)
- **fires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fires)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fried)
- **freed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-freed)
- **forex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-forex)
- **fixes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fixes)
- **Freud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-freud)
- **fused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fused)
- **firth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-firth)
- **fives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fives)
- **fixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-fixer)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ffired`, `fierd`, `firde`, `firedd`, `firred`, `ifred`

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