# smith

> English word · Noun · IPA /smɪθ/ · frequency rank #1,376

## Definitions
1. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
2. One who makes anything; wright.
3. An artist.

## Etymology
From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”).
Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, German Low German Smitt, Danish smed, Faroese smiður, Icelandic smiður, Norwegian Bokmål smed, Norwegian Nynorsk smed, Swedish smed, Yiddish שמיד (shmid).

## Easily confused with
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-smt)
- **sth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-sth)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-suit)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-spit)
- **smut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-smut)
- **south** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-south)
- **suits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-suits)
- **suite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-suite)
- **spite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-spite)
- **synth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-synth)
- **Smyth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-smyth)
- **swish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-swish)
- **swath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-swath)
- **switch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-switch)
- **smooth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-smooth)
- **stitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-stitch)
- **smiths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-smiths)
- **snitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-snitch)
- **spieth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-spieth)
- **Smythe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-smythe)

## Common misspellings (8)
`msith`, `simth`, `smiht`, `smithh`, `smitth`, `smmith`, `smtih`, `ssmith`

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