# preyed

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹeɪd/ · frequency rank #41,823

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

## Easily confused with
- **proved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preyed-vs-proved)
- **priced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preyed-vs-priced)
- **prized** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preyed-vs-prized)
- **primed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preyed-vs-primed)
- **pruned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preyed-vs-pruned)
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prey-vs-preyed)
- **peed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peed-vs-preyed)
- **payed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-preyed)
- **played** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-preyed)
- **prefer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prefer-vs-preyed)
- **prayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayer-vs-preyed)
- **prayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-preyed)
- **peeled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeled-vs-preyed)
- **preset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preset-vs-preyed)
- **peeked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeked-vs-preyed)
- **pretend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretend-vs-preyed)
- **pressed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pressed-vs-preyed)
- **prepped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prepped-vs-preyed)
- **precede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/precede-vs-preyed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`peryed`, `ppreyed`, `preeyd`, `preyde`, `preyedd`, `preyyed`, `prreyed`, `pryeed`, `rpeyed`

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