deceivedeceivedeceivesdeceiveddeceivingverb (deceives, deceiving, deceived)spellingRemember! When the sound is (which rhymes with ‘be’), there is a spelling rule: I before E, except after C so you spell deceive with EI (not IE).to deliberately make somebody believe something that is not true: She deceived me into thinking she was a police officer.You're deceiving yourself if you think he'll change his mind.