# pleased

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pliːzd/ · frequency rank #3,384

## Definitions
1. Happy, content.

## Etymology
From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **pressed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleased-vs-pressed)
- **pledged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleased-vs-pledged)
- **pleated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleased-vs-pleated)
- **pleaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleased-vs-pleaser)
- **plead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plead-vs-pleased)
- **pleas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleas-vs-pleased)
- **pease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pease-vs-pleased)
- **please** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/please-vs-pleased)
- **played** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-pleased)
- **placed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placed-vs-pleased)
- **peaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaked-vs-pleased)
- **plated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plated-vs-pleased)
- **phased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phased-vs-pleased)
- **pleaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleaded-vs-pleased)
- **phrased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phrased-vs-pleased)

## Common misspellings (10)
`lpeased`, `pelased`, `plaesed`, `pleaesd`, `pleasde`, `pleasedd`, `pleassed`, `plesaed`, `plleased`, `ppleased`

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