# whiz

> English word · Verb · IPA /wɪz/ · frequency rank #33,087

## Definitions
1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
3. To throw or spin rapidly.
4. To urinate.

## Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard.

## Easily confused with
- **wi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wi)
- **who** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-why)
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-win)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wit)
- **Wii** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wii)
- **wig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wig)
- **wis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wis)
- **wiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wiz)
- **Wie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wie)
- **wid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wid)
- **WIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wic)
- **wim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-wim)
- **whom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-whom)
- **whoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-whoa)
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-writ)
- **whos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-whos)
- **whoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiz-vs-whoo)
- **Wei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-whiz)
- **wha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wha-vs-whiz)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hwiz`, `whhiz`, `whizz`, `whzi`, `wihz`, `wwhiz`

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