# hit vs HTTP

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hit
*verb · IPA /hɪt/ · frequency rank #421*
To strike.

### HTTP
*name · frequency rank #1,637*
Initialism of Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol used most commonly to transfer Web pages and accompanying data over the Internet.

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