# sacred

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈseɪkɹɪd/ · frequency rank #4,794

## Definitions
1. Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
2. Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
3. Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
4. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
5. Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
6. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
7. Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.

## Etymology
From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), equivalent to sacre + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-saved)
- **screw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-screw)
- **shred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-shred)
- **sawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-sawed)
- **secret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-secret)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-shared)
- **scored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-scored)
- **scared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-scared)
- **sailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-sailed)
- **spared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-spared)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-stared)
- **salted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-salted)
- **soared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-soared)
- **seared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-seared)
- **secured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-secured)
- **starred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-starred)
- **stacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-stacked)
- **scarred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacred-vs-scarred)
- **sabre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabre-vs-sacred)
- **sacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sacked-vs-sacred)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ascred`, `saccred`, `sacerd`, `sacrde`, `sacredd`, `sacrred`, `sarced`, `ssacred`

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