# lapsed

> English word · Verb · IPA /læpst/ · frequency rank #31,237

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

## Easily confused with
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-laser)
- **lasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-lasted)
- **leased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-leased)
- **Larsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-larsen)
- **lashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-lashed)
- **lapses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-lapses)
- **lipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-lipped)
- **leaped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapsed-vs-leaped)
- **laps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laps-vs-lapsed)
- **LAPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapd-vs-lapsed)
- **lapse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapse-vs-lapsed)
- **laced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laced-vs-lapsed)
- **lapel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapel-vs-lapsed)
- **landed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landed-vs-lapsed)
- **lacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacked-vs-lapsed)
- **lapped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lapped-vs-lapsed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alpsed`, `lapesd`, `lappsed`, `lapsde`, `lapsedd`, `lapssed`, `lasped`, `llapsed`, `lpased`

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