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How to spell passed

Passed is spelled P-A-S-S-E-D. The part people get wrong: double S.

hear it/pæst/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: To move past something or someone.

In a sentence: The train passed through the tunnel quickly.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s.

Not to be confused with: past, a different word.

Same family: passing, passage, passport, bypass, surpass. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Passed comes from the verb pass, which entered English from Old French ‘passer,’ meaning ‘to go by’ or ‘to cross.’ Over time, pass developed many meanings, from moving past something to succeeding on a test, and passed is its regular past-tense form.

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