# mixed

> English word · Verb · IPA /mɪkst/ · frequency rank #2,305

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

## Etymology
From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.
In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.

## Easily confused with
- **moved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mixed-vs-moved)
- **Mixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mixed-vs-mixer)
- **muted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mixed-vs-muted)
- **moped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mixed-vs-moped)
- **mowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mixed-vs-mowed)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mix-vs-mixed)
- **med** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/med-vs-mixed)
- **Mie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mie-vs-mixed)
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-mixed)
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mixed)
- **mike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mike-vs-mixed)
- **mile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mile-vs-mixed)
- **mild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mild-vs-mixed)
- **mice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-mixed)
- **mite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mite-vs-mixed)
- **mime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mime-vs-mixed)
- **mire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mire-vs-mixed)
- **miles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miles-vs-mixed)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mines-vs-mixed)
- **miner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mixed)

## Common misspellings (7)
`imxed`, `miexd`, `mixde`, `mixedd`, `mixxed`, `mmixed`, `mxied`

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