wealth

/wɛlθ/

//wɛlθ// noun

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"wealth" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wealth” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,974. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,974
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

Corpus desk

Index EN-wealth · wealth · English

wealth · rank #2,974 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,974
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH valuable

Nearest frequency peer: valuable (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “wealth”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “wealth” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wealth vs Welt
50% similar
wealth vs Welsh
50% similar
wealth vs wrath
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wealth
PropertyValue
Headwordwealth
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/wɛlθ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,974
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wealth”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).wealthlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “valuable” (#2,973), “wise” (#2,975), “trend” (#2,972). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wealth” is #2,974. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around wealth (IPA /wɛlθ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,974 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for wealth, with forms such as "ewalth", "waelth", and "wealht". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Welt", "Welsh", "wrath", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”… The correct English form is wealth, spelled W-E-A-L-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
  2. 2
    A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
  3. 3
    Prosperity; well-being; happiness.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wealth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Money talks, but true wealth whispers.
  2. She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Synonyms

abundanceaffluencecheeseeasefortuneMammonopulenceplentyrichdomricheswealth

Antonyms

poverty

This word in other languages

prosperidad(Español)richesse(Français)Reichtum(Deutsch)riqueza(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewalth
  • waelth
  • wealht
  • weallth
  • wealthh
  • wealtth
  • weatlh
  • welath
  • wwealth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wealth - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ewalth2waelth2wealht2weallth1wealthh1wealtth1weatlh2welath2
Edit distance from "wealth"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wealth"?
"wealth" is spelled W-E-A-L-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is /wɛlθ/.
What does "wealth" mean?
As a noun, "wealth" means: Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
What words are commonly confused with "wealth"?
"wealth" is commonly confused with "Welt", "Welsh", "wrath". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wealth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wealth" is /wɛlθ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "wealth"?
Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wealth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

covers9 variantsoperate9 variantscomedy9 variantsracing9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list