# prayed

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹeɪd/ · frequency rank #11,761

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

## Easily confused with
- **prays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-prays)
- **proved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-proved)
- **prayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-prayer)
- **priced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-priced)
- **prized** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-prized)
- **primed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-primed)
- **preyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-preyed)
- **pruned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-pruned)
- **prayers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-prayers)
- **pray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pray-vs-prayed)
- **paved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paved-vs-prayed)
- **paced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paced-vs-prayed)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payer-vs-prayed)
- **payed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-prayed)
- **pared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pared-vs-prayed)
- **played** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-prayed)
- **player** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/player-vs-prayed)
- **placed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placed-vs-prayed)
- **peaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peaked-vs-prayed)
- **plated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plated-vs-prayed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`paryed`, `pprayed`, `praeyd`, `prayde`, `prayedd`, `prayyed`, `prrayed`, `pryaed`, `rpayed`

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