# wheat

> English word · Noun · IPA /wiːt/ · frequency rank #7,084

## Definitions
1. Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
2. A light brown color, like that of wheat.
3. Ellipsis of wheat bread

## Etymology
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

## Easily confused with
- **when** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-when)
- **whoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-whoa)
- **whew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-whew)
- **whit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-whit)
- **whey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-whey)
- **whet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-whet)
- **where** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-where)
- **wheel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-wheel)
- **wreak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-wreak)
- **wrest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-wrest)
- **wreath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-wreath)
- **Whelan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-whelan)
- **Wheaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheat-vs-wheaton)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wet-vs-wheat)
- **wat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wat-vs-wheat)
- **wha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wha-vs-wheat)
- **Wea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wea-vs-wheat)
- **what** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/what-vs-wheat)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/went-vs-wheat)
- **west** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/west-vs-wheat)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hweat`, `wehat`, `whaet`, `wheatt`, `wheta`, `whheat`, `wwheat`

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