# swayed

> English word · Verb · IPA /sweɪd/ · frequency rank #22,518

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

## Easily confused with
- **sway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sway-vs-swayed)
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saved-vs-swayed)
- **sawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawed-vs-swayed)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stated-vs-swayed)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shared-vs-swayed)
- **scared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scared-vs-swayed)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stayed-vs-swayed)
- **shaped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaped-vs-swayed)
- **sealed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealed-vs-swayed)
- **seated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seated-vs-swayed)
- **staged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staged-vs-swayed)
- **shaved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaved-vs-swayed)
- **soaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaked-vs-swayed)
- **spared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spared-vs-swayed)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stared-vs-swayed)
- **scaled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaled-vs-swayed)
- **slayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slayer-vs-swayed)
- **slated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slated-vs-swayed)
- **shamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shamed-vs-swayed)
- **soared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soared-vs-swayed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sawyed`, `sswayed`, `swaeyd`, `swayde`, `swayedd`, `swayyed`, `swwayed`, `swyaed`, `wsayed`

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