# played

> English word · Verb · IPA /pleɪd/ · frequency rank #590

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

## Easily confused with
- **pled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-pled)
- **plays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-plays)
- **plied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-plied)
- **player** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-player)
- **prayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-prayer)
- **prayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-prayed)
- **plowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-plowed)
- **preyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-preyed)
- **players** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-players)
- **pleased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-pleased)
- **pleaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-pleaded)
- **pleated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-pleated)
- **play** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/play-vs-played)
- **place** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/place-vs-played)
- **plane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plane-vs-played)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plate-vs-played)
- **paved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paved-vs-played)
- **paced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paced-vs-played)
- **plaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plaid-vs-played)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payer-vs-played)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lpayed`, `palyed`, `plaeyd`, `playde`, `playedd`, `playyed`, `pllayed`, `plyaed`, `pplayed`

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