# worked

> English word · Verb · IPA /wɜːkt/ · frequency rank #725

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

## Easily confused with
- **world** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-world)
- **works** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-works)
- **worse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-worse)
- **worker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-worker)
- **worsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-worsen)
- **workers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-workers)
- **worried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-worried)
- **workmen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worked-vs-workmen)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/work-vs-worked)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/word-vs-worked)
- **wore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wore-vs-worked)
- **woke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woke-vs-worked)
- **wired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wired-vs-worked)
- **woken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woken-vs-worked)
- **walked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walked-vs-worked)
- **warned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warned-vs-worked)
- **wicked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicked-vs-worked)
- **wooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooded-vs-worked)
- **warped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warped-vs-worked)
- **winked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winked-vs-worked)

## Common misspellings (9)
`owrked`, `wokred`, `worekd`, `workde`, `workedd`, `workked`, `worrked`, `wroked`, `wworked`

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