# payed

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #30,911

## Definitions
1. Obsolete spelling of paid.
2. Misspelling of paid.

## Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

## Easily confused with
- **ped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-ped)
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-pye)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-pays)
- **peed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-peed)
- **pied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-pied)
- **pled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-pled)
- **posed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-posed)
- **Payne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-payne)
- **piled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-piled)
- **poked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-poked)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-payer)
- **piped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-piped)
- **plied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-plied)
- **played** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-played)
- **player** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-player)
- **placed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-placed)
- **prayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-prayer)
- **prayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-prayed)
- **peaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-peaked)
- **plated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-plated)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apyed`, `paeyd`, `payde`, `payedd`, `payyed`, `ppayed`, `pyaed`

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