# wether

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɛðɚ/ · frequency rank #38,242

## Definitions
1. A castrated goat.
2. A castrated ram.

## Etymology
From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”).

## Easily confused with
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wether-vs-wither)
- **wetter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wether-vs-wetter)
- **Wexler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wether-vs-wexler)
- **whether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wether-vs-whether)
- **withers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wether-vs-withers)
- **witcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wether-vs-witcher)
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/water-vs-wether)
- **weber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weber-vs-wether)
- **weaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaker-vs-wether)
- **weaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weaver-vs-wether)
- **webber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/webber-vs-wether)
- **washer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wether)
- **weiner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weiner-vs-wether)
- **wearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wearer-vs-wether)
- **weller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weller-vs-wether)
- **welder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welder-vs-wether)
- **Welker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welker-vs-wether)
- **Weezer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weezer-vs-wether)
- **weather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weather-vs-wether)
- **watcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watcher-vs-wether)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ewther`, `wehter`, `wetehr`, `wetherr`, `wethher`, `wethre`, `wetther`, `wteher`, `wwether`

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