# used

> English word · Verb · IPA /juːzd/ · frequency rank #156

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of use
2. In used to.

## Etymology
From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **USS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-uss)
- **UST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-ust)
- **ute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-ute)
- **utd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-utd)
- **USP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-usp)
- **USO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-uso)
- **USF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-usf)
- **uses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-uses)
- **user** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-user)
- **USSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-ussr)
- **USPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-usps)
- **USGS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-usgs)
- **usher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-usher)
- **us** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/us-vs-used)
- **UD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ud-vs-used)
- **use** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/use-vs-used)
- **USA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/usa-vs-used)
- **USB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/usb-vs-used)
- **USD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/usd-vs-used)
- **und** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/und-vs-used)

## Common misspellings (4)
`uesd`, `usde`, `usedd`, `ussed`

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