# plight

> English word · Noun · IPA /plaɪt/ · frequency rank #15,886

## Definitions
1. A dire or unfortunate situation.
2. A (neutral) condition or state.
3. Good health.

## Etymology
From Middle English plit (“fold, wrinkle, bad situation”), conflation of Middle English pliht, plight (“risky promise, peril”) (from Old English pliht "danger, risk"; see Etymology 2) and Anglo-Norman plit, plyte (“fold, condition”), from Old French pleit (“condition, manner of folding”) (from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum (“fold”)).

## Common misspellings (10)
`lpight`, `pilght`, `plgiht`, `pligght`, `plighht`, `plightt`, `pligth`, `plihgt`, `pllight`, `pplight`

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