# widowed

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #24,057

## Definitions
1. Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

## Easily confused with
- **widower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/widowed-vs-widower)
- **widow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/widow-vs-widowed)

## Common misspellings (10)
`iwdowed`, `wdiowed`, `widdowed`, `widoewd`, `widowde`, `widowedd`, `widowwed`, `widwoed`, `wiodwed`, `wwidowed`

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