# wee

> English word · Adjective · IPA /wiː/ · frequency rank #8,744

## Definitions
1. Small, little.

## Etymology
From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).

## Easily confused with
- **wi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wi)
- **Wu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wu)
- **wo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wo)
- **wt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wt)
- **WS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-ws)
- **WV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wv)
- **WL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wl)
- **wy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wy)
- **WF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wf)
- **who** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-why)
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-win)
- **won** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-won)
- **wow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wow)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wet)
- **WTF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wtf)
- **WWE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wwe)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wit)
- **woo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-woo)
- **Wii** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wee-vs-wii)

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