# stayed

> English word · Verb · IPA /steɪd/ · frequency rank #2,864

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

## Easily confused with
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-stays)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-steed)
- **styled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-styled)
- **stoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-stoned)
- **stoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-stoked)
- **swayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-swayed)
- **stowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-stowed)
- **stewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-stewed)
- **steamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-steamed)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stay-vs-stayed)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/state-vs-stayed)
- **stand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stand-vs-stayed)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stage-vs-stayed)
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saved-vs-stayed)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stake-vs-stayed)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-stayed)
- **stale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stale-vs-stayed)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stave-vs-stayed)
- **sawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawed-vs-stayed)
- **stade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stade-vs-stayed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`satyed`, `sstayed`, `staeyd`, `stayde`, `stayedd`, `stayyed`, `sttayed`, `styaed`, `tsayed`

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