# hefty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɛfti/ · frequency rank #18,096

## Definitions
1. With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
2. Strong; bulky.
3. Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
4. Heavy, weighing a lot.
5. Large, healthy.

## Etymology
19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y.
The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.

## Easily confused with
- **hey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hefty-vs-hey)
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hefty-vs-het)
- **henry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hefty-vs-henry)
- **hertz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hefty-vs-hertz)
- **Henny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hefty-vs-henny)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heat-vs-hefty)
- **heft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heft-vs-hefty)
- **heavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavy-vs-hefty)
- **heath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heath-vs-hefty)
- **heats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heats-vs-hefty)
- **hasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasty-vs-hefty)
- **Healy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healy-vs-hefty)
- **heady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heady-vs-hefty)
- **hearty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hearty-vs-hefty)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ehfty`, `heffty`, `heftty`, `heftyy`, `hefyt`, `hetfy`, `hfety`, `hhefty`

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