# witty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɪti/ · frequency rank #13,843

## Definitions
1. Clever; amusingly ingenious.
2. Full of wit.
3. Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.
4. Wise, having good judgement.
5. Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

## Etymology
From Middle English witty, witti, from Old English wittiġ, witiġ, ġewittiġ (“clever, wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *witīg, *witag, from Proto-Germanic *witagaz, *wītagaz (“knowing, wise, clever”), equivalent to wit + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German wittich, gewittich (“knowing, clever, wise, understanding”), German witzig (“funny, witty”), Norwegian Bokmål vettig, Norwegian Nynorsk vittig (“witty”).

## Easily confused with
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wit-vs-witty)
- **with** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/with-vs-witty)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watt-vs-witty)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wits-vs-witty)
- **wilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilt-vs-witty)
- **Witt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/witt-vs-witty)
- **wily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wily-vs-witty)
- **witch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/witch-vs-witty)
- **width** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/width-vs-witty)
- **Watts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watts-vs-witty)
- **willy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willy-vs-witty)
- **windy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/windy-vs-witty)
- **Wiley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiley-vs-witty)
- **wimpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wimpy-vs-witty)
- **whitey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitey-vs-witty)
- **Whitby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whitby-vs-witty)
- **witted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/witted-vs-witty)
- **wintry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wintry-vs-witty)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iwtty`, `wittyy`, `wity`, `wityt`, `wtity`, `wwitty`

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