# reformed

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #12,842

## Definitions
1. Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
2. Amended in character and life.
3. Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.

## Easily confused with
- **reforms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reformed-vs-reforms)
- **reported** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reformed-vs-reported)
- **resorted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reformed-vs-resorted)
- **reformer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reformed-vs-reformer)
- **retorted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reformed-vs-retorted)
- **reform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reform-vs-reformed)
- **recorded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recorded-vs-reformed)
- **referred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/referred-vs-reformed)

## Common misspellings (12)
`erformed`, `refformed`, `refomred`, `reforemd`, `reformde`, `reformedd`, `reformmed`, `reforrmed`, `refromed`, `reofrmed`, `rfeormed`, `rreformed`

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