# passed

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɑːst/ · frequency rank #1,281

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

## Easily confused with
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pause)
- **paste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-paste)
- **posed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-posed)
- **paved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-paved)
- **posse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-posse)
- **payed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-payed)
- **posted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-posted)
- **passes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-passes)
- **pushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pushed)
- **pissed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pissed)
- **pisses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pisses)
- **poised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-poised)
- **paused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-paused)
- **phased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-phased)
- **pastel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pastel)
- **passer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-passer)
- **pulsed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pulsed)
- **patted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-patted)
- **pressed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pressed)
- **praised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-praised)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apssed`, `pased`, `pasesd`, `passde`, `passedd`, `ppassed`, `psased`

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