# spared

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈspɛɹd/ · frequency rank #12,330

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

## Easily confused with
- **sped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-sped)
- **speed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-speed)
- **spark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-spark)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-stare)
- **spree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-spree)
- **spire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-spire)
- **spore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-spore)
- **spate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-spate)
- **spread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-spread)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-stated)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-stayed)
- **staged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-staged)
- **Sparks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-sparks)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-stared)
- **Suarez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-suarez)
- **sparse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-sparse)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-stares)
- **spiked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-spiked)
- **swayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-swayed)
- **Sparta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-sparta)

## Common misspellings (8)
`psared`, `sapred`, `spaerd`, `sparde`, `sparedd`, `sparred`, `sppared`, `sspared`

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