# heard

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhɜːd/ · frequency rank #542

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

## Easily confused with
- **her** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-her)
- **hed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-hed)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-here)
- **held** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-held)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-heat)
- **hero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-hero)
- **hers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-hers)
- **heir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-heir)
- **herb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-herb)
- **herd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-herd)
- **heed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-heed)
- **Herr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-herr)
- **Hera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-hera)
- **Hurd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-hurd)
- **heart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-heart)
- **heavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-heavy)
- **henry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-henry)
- **hears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-hears)
- **heath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-heath)
- **heats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heard-vs-heats)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ehard`, `haerd`, `headr`, `heardd`, `hearrd`, `herad`, `hheard`

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