# flawed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /flɔːd/ · frequency rank #10,848

## Definitions
1. Having a flaw or imperfection.

## Etymology
From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **fled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-fled)
- **flower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-flower)
- **framed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-framed)
- **flowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-flowed)
- **frayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-frayed)
- **flexed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-flexed)
- **fluted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-fluted)
- **floated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-floated)
- **flaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flaw-vs-flawed)
- **faced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faced-vs-flawed)
- **flame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flame-vs-flawed)
- **faded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faded-vs-flawed)
- **flare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flare-vs-flawed)
- **famed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/famed-vs-flawed)
- **faked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faked-vs-flawed)
- **flake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flake-vs-flawed)
- **fated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fated-vs-flawed)
- **flames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flames-vs-flawed)
- **feared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feared-vs-flawed)
- **flakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flakes-vs-flawed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`falwed`, `fflawed`, `flaewd`, `flawde`, `flawedd`, `flawwed`, `fllawed`, `flwaed`, `lfawed`

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