# western

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɛstɚn/ · frequency rank #1,064

## Definitions
1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
2. Of a wind, blowing from the west; westerly.
3. Occidental.

## Etymology
From Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic *westrōnijaz.
By surface analysis, west + -ern.

## Easily confused with
- **Weston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/western-vs-weston)
- **wetter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/western-vs-wetter)
- **westerner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/western-vs-westerner)
- **Webster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/webster-vs-western)
- **westerly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/westerly-vs-western)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ewstern`, `wesetrn`, `wesstern`, `westenr`, `westernn`, `westerrn`, `westren`, `westtern`, `wetsern`, `wsetern`, `wwestern`

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