# warmth

> English word · Noun · IPA /wɔːmθ/ · frequency rank #9,693

## Definitions
1. A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
2. Friendliness, kindness or affection.
3. Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression.
4. The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.

## Etymology
From Middle English warmth, warmeth, wermþe, from Old English *wiermþu (“warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu (“warmness; warmth”), corresponding to warm + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waarmte (“warmth”), West Frisian waarmte (“warmth”), Dutch warmte (“warmth”), German Low German Warmte, Warmt (“warmth”).

## Easily confused with
- **wart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warmth-vs-wart)
- **worth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warmth-vs-worth)
- **wrath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warmth-vs-wrath)
- **warm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warm-vs-warmth)
- **warmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warmer-vs-warmth)
- **warmly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warmly-vs-warmth)

## Common misspellings (10)
`awrmth`, `wamrth`, `warmht`, `warmmth`, `warmthh`, `warmtth`, `warrmth`, `wartmh`, `wramth`, `wwarmth`

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