# relaxed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪˈlækst/ · frequency rank #7,050

## Definitions
1. Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
2. Made more lenient; less strict; lax.
3. Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
4. Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.
5. Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.

## Etymology
From relax + -ed, originally after Latin relaxātus.

## Easily confused with
- **relayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relaxed-vs-relayed)
- **released** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relaxed-vs-released)
- **replaced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relaxed-vs-replaced)
- **relax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relax-vs-relaxed)
- **relate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relate-vs-relaxed)
- **reared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reared-vs-relaxed)
- **related** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/related-vs-relaxed)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erlaxed`, `realxed`, `relaexd`, `relaxde`, `relaxedd`, `relaxxed`, `rellaxed`, `relxaed`, `rleaxed`, `rrelaxed`

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