# stewed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /stuːd/ · frequency rank #44,505

## Definitions
1. Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering (see stew).
2. Of tea: bitter from having been steeped too long.
3. Drunk.

## Etymology
From stew + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stewed-vs-stowe)
- **stews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stewed-vs-stews)
- **styled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stewed-vs-styled)
- **stoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stewed-vs-stoned)
- **stoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stewed-vs-stoked)
- **stowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stewed-vs-stowed)
- **Stewie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stewed-vs-stewie)
- **seed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seed-vs-stewed)
- **stew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stew-vs-stewed)
- **speed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speed-vs-stewed)
- **steel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steel-vs-stewed)
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steve-vs-stewed)
- **steep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steep-vs-stewed)
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steer-vs-stewed)
- **sewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-stewed)
- **stead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stead-vs-stewed)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steed-vs-stewed)
- **sewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewed-vs-stewed)
- **sawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawed-vs-stewed)
- **steen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steen-vs-stewed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`setwed`, `sstewed`, `steewd`, `stewde`, `stewedd`, `stewwed`, `sttewed`, `stweed`, `tsewed`

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