# infected

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #5,803

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

## Easily confused with
- **invested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-invested)
- **invented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-invented)
- **inserted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-inserted)
- **inflated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-inflated)
- **inverted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-inverted)
- **inferred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-inferred)
- **inflicted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-inflicted)
- **inflected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-inflected)
- **infect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infect-vs-infected)
- **indebted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indebted-vs-infected)
- **indented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-infected)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ifnected`, `inefcted`, `infceted`, `infeccted`, `infecetd`, `infectde`, `infectedd`, `infectted`, `infetced`, `inffected`, `innfected`, `nifected`

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