# tailed

> English word · Verb · IPA /teɪld/ · frequency rank #18,202

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

## Etymology
From Middle English tayled; equivalent to tail + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **tied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tied)
- **tale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tale)
- **tile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tile)
- **tried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tried)
- **tired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tired)
- **tales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tales)
- **tails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tails)
- **talked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-talked)
- **toilet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-toilet)
- **titled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-titled)
- **taller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-taller)
- **tasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tasted)
- **tapped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tapped)
- **tailor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tailor)
- **tasked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tasked)
- **tilted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tilted)
- **Taipei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-taipei)
- **tanned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tanned)
- **tanked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tanked)
- **trained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-trained)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atiled`, `taield`, `tailde`, `tailedd`, `tailled`, `talied`, `tialed`, `ttailed`

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