# handed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhændɪd/ · frequency rank #3,496

## Definitions
1. Having a certain kind or number of hands.
2. Synonym of chiral.
3. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand or way of treating others.
4. With hands joined; hand in hand.

## Etymology
From hand + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **hands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hands)
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hated)
- **handy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-handy)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-honed)
- **handle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-handle)
- **harder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-harder)
- **headed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-headed)
- **hatred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hatred)
- **Hansen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hansen)
- **hunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hunted)
- **hanged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hanged)
- **Hayden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hayden)
- **harden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-harden)
- **harmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-harmed)
- **hinted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hinted)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hinder)
- **hooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hooded)
- **hanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hanger)
- **Hanley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hanley)
- **hinged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hinged)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahnded`, `hadned`, `handde`, `handded`, `handedd`, `hanedd`, `hannded`, `hhanded`, `hnaded`

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