# owed

> English word · Verb · IPA /oʊd/ · frequency rank #8,838

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

## Easily confused with
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-own)
- **owl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owl)
- **OWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-ows)
- **owns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owns)
- **Owen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owen)
- **owls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owls)
- **oxen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-oxen)
- **owner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owner)
- **owned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owned)
- **Owens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owens)
- **ow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ow-vs-owed)
- **od** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/od-vs-owed)
- **OE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oe-vs-owed)
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/one-vs-owed)
- **old** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/old-vs-owed)
- **odd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odd-vs-owed)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owe-vs-owed)
- **ore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ore-vs-owed)
- **ole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ole-vs-owed)
- **ode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-owed)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oewd`, `owde`, `owedd`, `owwed`, `woed`

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