# loved

> English word · Verb · IPA /lʌvd/ · frequency rank #1,088

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

## Etymology
From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lowe)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lower)
- **loves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-loves)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lover)
- **Lovin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lovin)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lovey)
- **lovely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lovely)
- **lovers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lovers)
- **Lovell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lovell)
- **Lovett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loved-vs-lovett)
- **LED** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/led-vs-loved)
- **Lod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lod-vs-loved)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/love-vs-loved)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/live-vs-loved)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lord-vs-loved)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lose-vs-loved)
- **load** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/load-vs-loved)
- **loud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loud-vs-loved)
- **lied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lied-vs-loved)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-loved)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lloved`, `loevd`, `lovde`, `lovedd`, `lovved`, `lvoed`, `olved`

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