# wider

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwaɪdɚ/ · frequency rank #4,813

## Definitions
1. comparative form of wide: more wide

## Etymology
From Middle English widder, widdur, widere, from Old English widdra; equivalent to wide + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **Wie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wie)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wife)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wine)
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wise)
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wire)
- **wipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wipe)
- **Wien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wien)
- **wile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wile)
- **widow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-widow)
- **wives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wives)
- **width** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-width)
- **wiped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wiped)
- **wires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wires)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wines)
- **wired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wired)
- **Wiley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wiley)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wiser)
- **Wilde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wilde)
- **wipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wipes)
- **wiper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wiper)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iwder`, `wdier`, `widder`, `widerr`, `widre`, `wiedr`, `wwider`

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