# whitey

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwaɪti/ · frequency rank #31,410

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of whity.

## Etymology
From white (“bright and colorless; a white-skinned person”) + -y (“forming diminutives”).

## Easily confused with
- **write** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-write)
- **witty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-witty)
- **Wiley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-wiley)
- **Whyte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-whyte)
- **writer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-writer)
- **writes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-writes)
- **Whitney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-whitney)
- **Whitley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-whitley)
- **whit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whit-vs-whitey)
- **whey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whey-vs-whitey)
- **while** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/while-vs-whitey)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/white-vs-whitey)
- **whine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whine-vs-whitey)
- **waite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-whitey)
- **whiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiny-vs-whitey)
- **waited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-whitey)
- **whites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whites-vs-whitey)
- **whisky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whisky-vs-whitey)
- **waiter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiter-vs-whitey)
- **Whitby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitby-vs-whitey)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hwitey`, `whhitey`, `whiety`, `whiteyy`, `whittey`, `whitye`, `whtiey`, `wihtey`, `wwhitey`

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