# waited

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈweɪt.ɪd/ · frequency rank #4,642

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

## Easily confused with
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-water)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-white)
- **write** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-write)
- **waste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-waste)
- **wiped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-wiped)
- **wired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-wired)
- **waits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-waits)
- **waved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-waved)
- **waive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-waive)
- **waxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-waxed)
- **wanted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-wanted)
- **writer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-writer)
- **walked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-walked)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-walter)
- **writes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-writes)
- **wasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-wasted)
- **warned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-warned)
- **washed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-washed)
- **whites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-whites)
- **waiter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-waiter)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awited`, `waietd`, `waitde`, `waitedd`, `waitted`, `watied`, `wiated`, `wwaited`

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