# related

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/ · frequency rank #835

## Definitions
1. Standing in relation or connection.
2. Being a relative of.
3. Narrated; told.
4. Synonym of relative.
5. Fulfilling a relation.
6. Having a relationship with the thing named.

## Easily confused with
- **rented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-rented)
- **rested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-rested)
- **relaxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-relaxed)
- **rotated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-rotated)
- **reputed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-reputed)
- **relayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-relayed)
- **released** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-released)
- **replaced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-replaced)
- **repeated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-repeated)
- **rated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rated-vs-related)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relate-vs-related)
- **rebate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebate-vs-related)
- **reared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reared-vs-related)
- **redacted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redacted-vs-related)
- **regulated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regulated-vs-related)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erlated`, `realted`, `relaetd`, `relatde`, `relatedd`, `relatted`, `rellated`, `reltaed`, `rleated`, `rrelated`

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