# misty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɪsti/ · frequency rank #17,418

## Definitions
1. Covered in mist; foggy.
2. Dim; vague; obscure.
3. With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

## Etymology
From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistig (“misty”), equivalent to mist + -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), West Frisian mistich (“misty, foggy”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), German Low German mistig (“foggy”).

## Easily confused with
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mit)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mst)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-most)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-must)
- **mitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mitt)
- **mite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mite)
- **moist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-moist)
- **Monty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-monty)
- **Morty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-morty)
- **mushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mushy)
- **musty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-musty)
- **Mosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mosby)
- **mossy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mossy)
- **mostly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-mostly)
- **moiety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-moiety)
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miss-vs-misty)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mint-vs-misty)
- **mist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mist-vs-misty)
- **mast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mast-vs-misty)
- **milt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-misty)

## Common misspellings (8)
`imsty`, `missty`, `mistty`, `mistyy`, `misyt`, `mitsy`, `mmisty`, `msity`

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