# paused

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɔːzd/ · frequency rank #17,689

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

## Easily confused with
- **posed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-posed)
- **paved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-paved)
- **payed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-payed)
- **pushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-pushed)
- **pissed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-pissed)
- **poured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-poured)
- **poised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-poised)
- **phased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-phased)
- **pulsed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-pulsed)
- **pruned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-pruned)
- **praised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-praised)
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pause-vs-paused)
- **paced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paced-vs-paused)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-paused)
- **pared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pared-vs-paused)
- **passed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-paused)
- **passes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-paused)
- **packed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packed-vs-paused)
- **parked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parked-vs-paused)
- **paired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paired-vs-paused)

## Common misspellings (8)
`apused`, `pasued`, `pauesd`, `pausde`, `pausedd`, `paussed`, `ppaused`, `puased`

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