# rubbed

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹʌbd/ · frequency rank #13,597

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

## Easily confused with
- **rube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-rube)
- **ruled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-ruled)
- **Ruben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-ruben)
- **ruble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-ruble)
- **ruined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-ruined)
- **rubber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-rubber)
- **rushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-rushed)
- **rugged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-rugged)
- **rubble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-rubble)
- **rubbers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-rubbers)
- **rubbery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rubbed-vs-rubbery)
- **robbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robbed-vs-rubbed)
- **robber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rubbed)

## Common misspellings (7)
`rbubed`, `rrubbed`, `rubbde`, `rubbedd`, `rubebd`, `rubed`, `urbbed`

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