# maimed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /meɪmd/ · frequency rank #36,651

## Definitions
1. Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
2. Impaired or defective in some way.

## Etymology
From Middle English maymed, ymaymed. By surface analysis, maim + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **mime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-mime)
- **mixed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-mixed)
- **Maine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-maine)
- **mined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-mined)
- **maize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-maize)
- **mated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-mated)
- **mired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-mired)
- **marked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-marked)
- **masked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-masked)
- **manned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-manned)
- **mashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-mashed)
- **marred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-marred)
- **massed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-massed)
- **matted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maimed-vs-matted)
- **maid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maid-vs-maimed)
- **maim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maim-vs-maimed)
- **maiden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maiden-vs-maimed)
- **mailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailed-vs-maimed)
- **mailer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailer-vs-maimed)
- **Mahmud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahmud-vs-maimed)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amimed`, `maiemd`, `maimde`, `maimedd`, `maimmed`, `mamied`, `miamed`, `mmaimed`

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