# frayed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fɹeɪd/ · frequency rank #36,991

## Definitions
1. Unravelled; worn at the end or edge.
2. Exhausted, strained, beleaguered, or suffering from stress.

## Etymology
From fray + -ed, from Old French froiier (“to rub against, scrape; thrust against”), from Latin fricare (“to rub, rub down”).

## Easily confused with
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frayed-vs-fred)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frayed-vs-fried)
- **freed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frayed-vs-freed)
- **fryer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frayed-vs-fryer)
- **freaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frayed-vs-freaked)
- **fray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fray-vs-frayed)
- **Faye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faye-vs-frayed)
- **frame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frame-vs-frayed)
- **faced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faced-vs-frayed)
- **fraud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fraud-vs-frayed)
- **faded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faded-vs-frayed)
- **famed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/famed-vs-frayed)
- **faked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faked-vs-frayed)
- **fated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fated-vs-frayed)
- **frames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frames-vs-frayed)
- **feared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feared-vs-frayed)
- **framed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/framed-vs-frayed)
- **Fraser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fraser-vs-frayed)
- **flawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flawed-vs-frayed)
- **flared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flared-vs-frayed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`faryed`, `ffrayed`, `fraeyd`, `frayde`, `frayedd`, `frayyed`, `frrayed`, `fryaed`, `rfayed`

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