# heath

> English word · Noun · IPA /hiːθ/ · frequency rank #10,221

## Definitions
1. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
2. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
3. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
4. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
5. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
6. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
7. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
8. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
9. Any butterfly or moth of species:
10. Any butterfly or moth of species:
11. Any butterfly or moth of species:
12. Any butterfly or moth of species:
13. Any butterfly or moth of species:

## Etymology
From Middle English heth, heeth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”).
Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin būcētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).

## Easily confused with
- **heh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heh)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-het)
- **heft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heft)
- **heavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heavy)
- **heats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heats)
- **hefty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-hefty)
- **Hyatt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-hyatt)
- **hertz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-hertz)
- **heave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heave)
- **Herat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-herat)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heaton)
- **heather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heather)
- **heathen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-heathen)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hat-vs-heath)
- **hah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hah-vs-heath)
- **hea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hea-vs-heath)
- **head** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/head-vs-heath)
- **hear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hear-vs-heath)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hate-vs-heath)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heat-vs-heath)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ehath`, `haeth`, `heaht`, `heathh`, `heatth`, `hetah`, `hheath`

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