# refused

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈfjuːzd/ · frequency rank #2,806

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

## Easily confused with
- **reuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refused-vs-reuse)
- **refute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refused-vs-refute)
- **roused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refused-vs-roused)
- **resumed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refused-vs-resumed)
- **reputed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refused-vs-reputed)
- **refuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuse-vs-refused)
- **refund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refund-vs-refused)
- **refuge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuge-vs-refused)
- **refuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refuel-vs-refused)
- **reduced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reduced-vs-refused)
- **refugee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refugee-vs-refused)
- **refined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refined-vs-refused)
- **refusal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refusal-vs-refused)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erfused`, `reffused`, `refsued`, `refuesd`, `refusde`, `refusedd`, `refussed`, `reufsed`, `rfeused`, `rrefused`

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