# mit vs mitre

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mit
*noun · frequency rank #10,580*
Dated form of mitt

### mitre
*noun · IPA /ˈmaɪtəɹ/ · frequency rank #45,521*
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

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