# wart

> English word · Noun · IPA /wɔːt/ · frequency rank #38,680

## Definitions
1. A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
3. Anything unsightly or undesirable; a blemish.
4. Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.

## Etymology
From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta and Danish vorte.

## Easily confused with
- **wt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wt)
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-was)
- **way** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-way)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wet)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wit)
- **wax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wax)
- **wat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wat)
- **wot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wot)
- **wut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wut)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wer)
- **wry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wry)
- **wor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wor)
- **WAV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-wav)
- **what** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-what)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-were)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-work)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-went)
- **west** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-west)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-word)
- **ways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-ways)

## Common misspellings (6)
`awrt`, `warrt`, `wartt`, `watr`, `wrat`, `wwart`

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