# jetty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛti/ · frequency rank #27,522

## Definitions
1. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
2. A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a breakwater.
3. A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
4. A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
5. A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
6. Synonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”).

## Etymology
The noun is derived from Late Middle English gete, jette, jetti (“projecting upper storey of a building, overhang; breakwater, pier, jetty”), from Anglo-Norman geté, getee, getté, and Middle French geté, getee, jeté (“projecting upper storey of a building; breakwater, pier”) (modern French jetée), a noun use of the past participle of geter, jeter, from Old French geter, jeter (“to throw”) from Late Latin iectāre, the present active infinitive of iectō (“to throw”), probably from Latin iactō (“to cast, hurl, throw”), from iaciō (“to cast, hurl, throw”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”)) + -tō (frequentative suffix). Compare jet (“(obsolete) protruding part”), jutty.
The verb is derived from the noun.

## Easily confused with
- **Jewry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jetty-vs-jewry)
- **jet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jetty)
- **jets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jets-vs-jetty)
- **jest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jest-vs-jetty)
- **Jerry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jerry-vs-jetty)
- **jenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jenny-vs-jetty)
- **jelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jelly-vs-jetty)
- **jerky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jerky-vs-jetty)
- **Jeter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jeter-vs-jetty)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ejtty`, `jettyy`, `jety`, `jetyt`, `jjetty`, `jtety`

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