# fooled

> English word · Verb · IPA /fuːld/ · frequency rank #12,980

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

## Easily confused with
- **fools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-fools)
- **Foyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-foyle)
- **forced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-forced)
- **formed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-formed)
- **forged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-forged)
- **fowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-fowler)
- **fueled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-fueled)
- **footed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-footed)
- **footer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-footer)
- **fouled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-fouled)
- **forked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-forked)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/food-vs-fooled)
- **fool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fool-vs-fooled)
- **fled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fled-vs-fooled)
- **filed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filed-vs-fooled)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foley-vs-fooled)
- **failed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/failed-vs-fooled)
- **filled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filled-vs-fooled)
- **folded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folded-vs-fooled)
- **flowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flowed-vs-fooled)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffooled`, `foled`, `foloed`, `fooeld`, `foolde`, `fooledd`, `foolled`, `ofoled`

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