# olden

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈəʊl.dn̩/ · frequency rank #35,438

## Definitions
1. From or relating to a previous era.
2. Old; ancient.

## Etymology
From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”).
Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).

## Easily confused with
- **ole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-ole)
- **open** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-open)
- **oven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oven)
- **Owen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-owen)
- **Olds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-olds)
- **Oleg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oleg)
- **omen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-omen)
- **oxen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oxen)
- **OLED** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oled)
- **Oren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oren)
- **order** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-order)
- **older** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-older)
- **Olsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-olsen)
- **Olson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-olson)
- **oldie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oldie)
- **Olney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-olney)
- **oldest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oldest)
- **oldman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-oldman)
- **old** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/old-vs-olden)
- **ode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-olden)

## Common misspellings (7)
`loden`, `odlen`, `oldden`, `oldenn`, `oldne`, `oledn`, `ollden`

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