# horned

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/ · frequency rank #27,499

## Definitions
1. Having horns.
2. Cuckolded.

## Etymology
From Middle English horned, hornyd, from Old English hyrned, ġehyrned (“having horns; horned”),
from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz (“horned”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *hurnijaną (“to horn; provide or fit with horns”); equivalent to horn (“noun”) + -ed. Cognate with Dutch gehoornd (“horned”),
German gehörnt (“horned”), Danish hornede (“horned”).

## Easily confused with
- **horse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-horse)
- **horns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-horns)
- **horny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-horny)
- **hound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-hound)
- **horses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-horses)
- **hosted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-hosted)
- **housed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-housed)
- **horrid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-horrid)
- **hornet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-hornet)
- **hurled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-hurled)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-horner)
- **hotbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-hotbed)
- **hounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-hounded)
- **horn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horn-vs-horned)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hone-vs-horned)
- **hired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hired-vs-horned)
- **honey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honey-vs-horned)
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoped-vs-horned)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horde-vs-horned)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holed-vs-horned)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhorned`, `honred`, `horend`, `hornde`, `hornedd`, `hornned`, `horrned`, `hroned`, `ohrned`

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