# Weld

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #18,994

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.
2. A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States, named after Benjamin Weld.

## Easily confused with
- **WL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wl)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wet)
- **Wes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wes)
- **wen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wen)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wer)
- **WMD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wmd)
- **wid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wid)
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-will)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-were)
- **well** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-well)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-went)
- **west** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-west)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-word)
- **wind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wind)
- **wild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wild)
- **wood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wood)
- **wolf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wolf)
- **welp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-welp)
- **wept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wept)
- **wilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weld-vs-wilt)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ewld`, `wedl`, `weldd`, `welld`, `wled`, `wweld`

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