# weighty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈweɪti/ · frequency rank #35,158

## Definitions
1. Having a lot of weight; heavy.
2. Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

## Etymology
From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y.
Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vigtig, Swedish viktig.
Compare typologically Russian ве́ский (véskij), весо́мый (vesómyj) (< вес (ves)). Also compare the same meaning development from cognate (by borrowing) Polish waga (< ... < Proto-Germanic *wēgō): ważny (whence Russian ва́жный (vážnyj)).

## Easily confused with
- **wight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighty-vs-wight)
- **wright** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighty-vs-wright)
- **weigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weigh-vs-weighty)
- **weight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weight-vs-weighty)
- **weighs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighs-vs-weighty)
- **weights** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weights-vs-weighty)
- **weighed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighed-vs-weighty)
- **weighted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weighted-vs-weighty)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ewighty`, `wegihty`, `weigghty`, `weighhty`, `weightty`, `weightyy`, `weighyt`, `weigthy`, `weihgty`, `wieghty`, `wweighty`

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