# white vs wide

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### white
*adjective · IPA /ˈwaɪt/ · frequency rank #293*
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

### wide
*adjective · IPA /waɪd/ · frequency rank #1,177*
Having a large physical extent from side to side.

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