# sweaty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈswɛti/ · frequency rank #13,820

## Definitions
1. Covered in sweat.
2. Having a tendency to sweat.
3. Likely to cause one to sweat.
4. Caused by sweat.
5. Strenuous; laborious; exhausting.
6. Extremely (and possibly inappropriately) obsessed with winning.
7. Attracting many extremely competitive players.

## Etymology
From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweaty-vs-sweet)
- **swept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweaty-vs-swept)
- **sweets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweaty-vs-sweets)
- **sweety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweaty-vs-sweety)
- **sweetly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweaty-vs-sweetly)
- **seat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sweaty)
- **sway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sway-vs-sweaty)
- **SWAT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swat-vs-sweaty)
- **seats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seats-vs-sweaty)
- **swear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swear-vs-sweaty)
- **sweat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweat-vs-sweaty)
- **swath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swath-vs-sweaty)
- **Swamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swamy-vs-sweaty)
- **steady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steady-vs-sweaty)
- **sneaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sneaky-vs-sweaty)
- **sheath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheath-vs-sweaty)
- **sweats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweats-vs-sweaty)
- **steamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steamy-vs-sweaty)
- **sleazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleazy-vs-sweaty)
- **sweater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweater-vs-sweaty)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sewaty`, `ssweaty`, `swaety`, `sweatty`, `sweatyy`, `sweayt`, `swetay`, `swweaty`, `wseaty`

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