# tried

> English word · Adjective · IPA /tɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #724

## Definitions
1. Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
2. Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.

## Etymology
From Middle English tried, tryed, equivalent to try + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-true)
- **trip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trip)
- **trio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trio)
- **trim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trim)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tris)
- **trig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trig)
- **tries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tries)
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trips)
- **tuned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tuned)
- **typed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-typed)
- **tweed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tweed)
- **Trish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trish)
- **Tripp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tripp)
- **trier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trier)
- **trite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trite)
- **trill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trill)
- **tripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tripe)
- **turned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-turned)
- **tripod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-tripod)
- **trimmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tried-vs-trimmed)

## Common misspellings (6)
`rtied`, `treid`, `tride`, `triedd`, `trried`, `ttried`

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