# filth

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɪlθ/ · frequency rank #16,914

## Definitions
1. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
2. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
3. A vile or disgusting person.
4. Weeds growing on pasture land.

## Etymology
From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþu, from Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu, equivalent to foul + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **fit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-fit)
- **fish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-fish)
- **fits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-fits)
- **fist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-fist)
- **forth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-forth)
- **finch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-finch)
- **fists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-fists)
- **fitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-fitch)
- **firth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-firth)
- **froth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-froth)
- **frith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-frith)
- **filthy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filth-vs-filthy)
- **fil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fil-vs-filth)
- **film** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/film-vs-filth)
- **felt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/felt-vs-filth)
- **file** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/file-vs-filth)
- **fill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fill-vs-filth)
- **fiat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiat-vs-filth)
- **faith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faith-vs-filth)
- **fifth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fifth-vs-filth)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffilth`, `filht`, `fillth`, `filthh`, `filtth`, `fitlh`, `flith`, `iflth`

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