# started

> English word · Verb · IPA [ˈstɑɹɾɪd] · frequency rank #405

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

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-state)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-states)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-stated)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-stayed)
- **starve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-starve)
- **starter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-starter)
- **startup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-startup)
- **starved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-starved)
- **stirred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-stirred)
- **storied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-storied)
- **stunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-stunted)
- **startle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-startle)
- **stilted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-stilted)
- **startled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-startled)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/start-vs-started)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-started)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shared-vs-started)
- **scared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-started)
- **seated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seated-vs-started)
- **sorted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sorted-vs-started)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satrted`, `sstarted`, `staretd`, `starrted`, `startde`, `startedd`, `startted`, `statred`, `strated`, `sttarted`, `tsarted`

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