# shaped

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʃeɪpt/ · frequency rank #3,784

## Definitions
1. Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
2. Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
3. Designed for a particular person or thing.

## Etymology
From Middle English schaped, ischaped, equivalent to shape + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **shed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shed)
- **sped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-sped)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-share)
- **shave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shave)
- **shred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shred)
- **shard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shard)
- **Snape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-snape)
- **showed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-showed)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-stated)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shared)
- **shares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shares)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-stayed)
- **shapes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shapes)
- **staged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-staged)
- **shaved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shaved)
- **soaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-soaked)
- **spared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-spared)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-stared)
- **shoved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-shoved)
- **slated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-slated)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsaped`, `sahped`, `shaepd`, `shapde`, `shapedd`, `shapped`, `shhaped`, `shpaed`, `sshaped`

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