# wept

> English word · Verb · IPA /wɛpt/ · frequency rank #21,419

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of weep

## Etymology
From weep + -t.

## Easily confused with
- **wt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wt)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wet)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wit)
- **Wes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wes)
- **wot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wot)
- **wut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wut)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wer)
- **wop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wop)
- **WPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wpa)
- **what** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-what)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-were)
- **west** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-west)
- **wont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wont)
- **wipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wipe)
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-writ)
- **wilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wilt)
- **whit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-whit)
- **Witt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-witt)
- **wort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-wort)
- **whet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wept-vs-whet)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ewpt`, `weppt`, `weptt`, `wetp`, `wpet`, `wwept`

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