# ight

> English word · Noun · IPA /aɪt/ · frequency rank #30,453

## Definitions
1. possession

## Etymology
From Middle English iht, eiȝt, eȝte, æihte, from Old English ǣht (“possessions, property, riches”), from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ēyk- (“to have, own, be able to”).

## Easily confused with
- **it** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-it)
- **IH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-ih)
- **int** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-int)
- **itt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-itt)
- **IIT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-iit)
- **ith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-ith)
- **Igor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-igor)
- **IMHO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-imho)
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-init)
- **isha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ight-vs-isha)
- **IG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ig-vs-ight)
- **ICT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ict-vs-ight)
- **ich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ight)
- **Iga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iga-vs-ight)
- **igg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/igg-vs-ight)
- **IGE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ige-vs-ight)
- **iggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iggy-vs-ight)
- **Igbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/igbo-vs-ight)

## Common misspellings (6)
`giht`, `igght`, `ighht`, `ightt`, `igth`, `ihgt`

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