# punished

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpʌnɪʃt/ · frequency rank #7,173

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

## Easily confused with
- **pushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punished-vs-pushed)
- **punisher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punished-vs-punisher)
- **punish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punish-vs-punished)
- **punched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punched-vs-punished)
- **polished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polished-vs-punished)
- **perished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perished-vs-punished)
- **published** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/published-vs-punished)

## Common misspellings (12)
`pnuished`, `ppunished`, `puinshed`, `punihsed`, `punisehd`, `punishde`, `punishedd`, `punishhed`, `punisshed`, `punnished`, `punsihed`, `upnished`

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