# lost

> English word · Verb · IPA /lɒst/ · frequency rank #400

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

## Etymology
From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose + -t.

## Easily confused with
- **Lt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lt)
- **Ls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-ls)
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lot)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-low)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lou)
- **LSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lsu)
- **LSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lsd)
- **LST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lst)
- **LRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lrt)
- **lox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lox)
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-loy)
- **LSC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lsc)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-love)
- **lots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lots)
- **loud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-loud)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lust)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lowe)
- **lush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lush)
- **Lyft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lyft)
- **Lott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lost-vs-lott)

## Common misspellings (5)
`llost`, `losst`, `lostt`, `lsot`, `olst`

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