wet

/wɛt/

//wɛt// adj

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The verdict

“wet” sits in 17 confusable pairs (corpus #37,592) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#37,592
frequency rank, Portuguese
110
“W” headwords
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - molhado

Corpus desk

Index PT-wet · wet · Portuguese

wet · rank #37,592 · 0 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,592
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 110
  • PHOTO-FINISH za

Nearest frequency peer: za (+3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “wet”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “wet” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wet vs wo
33% similar
wet vs who
33% similar
wet vs why
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wet
PropertyValue
Headwordwet
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/wɛt/
Letters3
Frequency rank#37,592
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “wet”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).wetcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “za” (#37,595), “vistoso” (#37,586), “violador” (#37,582). Entre 110 lemas com “W”, “wet” fica em #37,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for wet is neighbouring look-alikes ("wo", "who", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /wɛt/. Frequency #37,592 among 110 “W” headwords. Gloss: "molhado".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "wo", "who", "why", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is wet, spelled W-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    molhado

Antonyms

dry

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wet"?
"wet" is spelled W-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is /wɛt/.
What does "wet" mean?
As an adjective, "wet" means: molhado
What words are commonly confused with "wet"?
"wet" is commonly confused with "wo", "who", "why". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wet" is /wɛt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wet" come from?
"wet" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

uai#37,566ono#37,444Hut#37,363lew#37,890

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list