# worth

> English word · Adjective · IPA /wɜːθ/ · frequency rank #726

## Definitions
1. Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
2. Deserving of.
3. Valuable, worthwhile.
4. Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

## Etymology
From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Cognate with Scots wirth (“worth”), Cimbrian bèart (“worth, value”), Dutch waard, weerd (“worth”), German wert (“worth”), Luxembourgish wäert (“worth”), Yiddish ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd, “worth, value”), Danish værd (“worth”), Faroese and Icelandic verður (“worth”), Norwegian Bokmål verdt (“worth”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“worth”), Swedish värd (“worth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ, “worth, value”), Welsh gwerth (“worth, value”), Polish wart (“worth”), Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ, “worth, value”).

## Easily confused with
- **wot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worth-vs-wot)
- **WTH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worth-vs-wth)
- **wrath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worth-vs-wrath)
- **Wyeth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worth-vs-wyeth)
- **worthy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worth-vs-worthy)
- **wor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wor-vs-worth)
- **with** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/with-vs-worth)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/work-vs-worth)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/word-vs-worth)
- **wore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wore-vs-worth)
- **worn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-worth)
- **wont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-worth)
- **worm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worm-vs-worth)
- **woah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woah-vs-worth)
- **wort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wort-vs-worth)
- **wart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wart-vs-worth)
- **world** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/world-vs-worth)
- **works** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/works-vs-worth)
- **words** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/words-vs-worth)
- **worst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worst-vs-worth)

## Common misspellings (8)
`owrth`, `worht`, `worrth`, `worthh`, `wortth`, `wotrh`, `wroth`, `wworth`

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