# proved

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɹuːvd/ · frequency rank #3,126

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

## Easily confused with
- **Provo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-provo)
- **proven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-proven)
- **proves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-proves)
- **pruned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-pruned)
- **provide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-provide)
- **proverb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-proverb)
- **provided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-provided)
- **provoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proved-vs-provoked)
- **prod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-proved)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proud-vs-proved)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prove-vs-proved)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probe-vs-proved)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proved)
- **posed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posed-vs-proved)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prose-vs-proved)
- **paved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paved-vs-proved)
- **poked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poked-vs-proved)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-proved)
- **priced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priced-vs-proved)
- **prayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prayed-vs-proved)

## Common misspellings (9)
`porved`, `pproved`, `proevd`, `provde`, `provedd`, `provved`, `prroved`, `prvoed`, `rpoved`

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