# worn

> English word · Adjective · IPA /wɔːn/ · frequency rank #4,644

## Definitions
1. Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
2. Worn out; exhausted.

## Etymology
By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.

## Easily confused with
- **wow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wow)
- **wot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wot)
- **wry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wry)
- **wynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wynn)
- **wren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wren)
- **wort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wort)
- **wove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wove)
- **worth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-worth)
- **worst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-worst)
- **worse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-worse)
- **worry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-worry)
- **wound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wound)
- **woven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-woven)
- **worsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-worsen)
- **wo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wo-vs-worn)
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/war-vs-worn)
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/win-vs-worn)
- **won** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/won-vs-worn)
- **woo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woo-vs-worn)
- **wan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wan-vs-worn)

## Common misspellings (6)
`owrn`, `wonr`, `wornn`, `worrn`, `wron`, `wworn`

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