# waits

> English word · Noun · IPA /weɪts/ · frequency rank #11,637

## Definitions
1. plural of wait

## Easily confused with
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-was)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wit)
- **wat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wat)
- **wis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wis)
- **with** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-with)
- **want** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-want)
- **ways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-ways)
- **wins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wins)
- **wars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wars)
- **Walt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-walt)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-watt)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wits)
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-writ)
- **wigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wigs)
- **whit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-whit)
- **Witt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-witt)
- **wart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wart)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-white)
- **wants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wants)
- **write** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-write)

## Common misspellings (6)
`awits`, `waitss`, `waitts`, `watis`, `wiats`, `wwaits`

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