# sweety

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,207

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of sweetie.

## Etymology
From sweet + -y (diminutive suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **swept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweety-vs-swept)
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweet-vs-sweety)
- **sheet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheet-vs-sweety)
- **sweat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweat-vs-sweety)
- **sweep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweep-vs-sweety)
- **seedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedy-vs-sweety)
- **sleet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleet-vs-sweety)
- **skeet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-sweety)
- **safety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/safety-vs-sweety)
- **sheets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheets-vs-sweety)
- **sleepy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleepy-vs-sweety)
- **speedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speedy-vs-sweety)
- **sweets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweets-vs-sweety)
- **sweaty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweaty-vs-sweety)
- **sweeps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeps-vs-sweety)
- **sweats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweats-vs-sweety)
- **steely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-sweety)
- **surety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surety-vs-sweety)
- **sweetie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweetie-vs-sweety)
- **Sweeney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeney-vs-sweety)

## Common misspellings (9)
`sewety`, `ssweety`, `sweetty`, `sweetyy`, `sweeyt`, `swetey`, `swety`, `swweety`, `wseety`

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