# waite

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #30,281

## Definitions
1. Archaic spelling of wait.

## Easily confused with
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wit)
- **wat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wat)
- **Wie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wie)
- **with** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-with)
- **want** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-want)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wife)
- **wide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wide)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wake)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wine)
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wave)
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wise)
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wire)
- **wipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wipe)
- **Walt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-walt)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-watt)
- **ware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-ware)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wits)
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-writ)
- **whit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-whit)
- **Witt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-witt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`awite`, `waiet`, `waitte`, `watie`, `wiate`, `wwaite`

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