# stepped

> English word · Verb · IPA /stɛpt/ · frequency rank #5,165

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

## Easily confused with
- **stewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-stewed)
- **stopped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-stopped)
- **striped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-striped)
- **stopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-stopper)
- **stumped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-stumped)
- **stooped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-stooped)
- **stripped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-stripped)
- **strapped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepped-vs-strapped)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steed-vs-stepped)
- **steppe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steppe-vs-stepped)
- **Stephen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stephen-vs-stepped)
- **shipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipped-vs-stepped)
- **slipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipped-vs-stepped)
- **snapped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snapped-vs-stepped)
- **stamped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stamped-vs-stepped)
- **steamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamed-vs-stepped)
- **stemmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stemmed-vs-stepped)
- **steeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steeper-vs-stepped)
- **stepdad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stepdad-vs-stepped)
- **stapled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stapled-vs-stepped)

## Common misspellings (9)
`setpped`, `sstepped`, `steped`, `stepepd`, `steppde`, `steppedd`, `stpeped`, `sttepped`, `tsepped`

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