# scared

> English word · Adjective · IPA /skɛəd/ · frequency rank #2,500

## Definitions
1. Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

## Etymology
From scare + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-share)
- **score** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-score)
- **scary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-scary)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-spare)
- **screw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-screw)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-stare)
- **scars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-scars)
- **scarf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-scarf)
- **shred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-shred)
- **snare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-snare)
- **shard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-shard)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-stated)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-shared)
- **scored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-scored)
- **shares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-shares)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-stayed)
- **scores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-scores)
- **shaped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-shaped)
- **sealed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-sealed)
- **seated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-seated)

## Common misspellings (7)
`csared`, `scaerd`, `scarde`, `scaredd`, `sccared`, `scraed`, `sscared`

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