Mit or mitt?
mit is a noun meaning “Abbreviation of monoiodotyrosine”; mitt is a noun meaning “A mitten”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) mit is about 2.6 times as common as mitt.
What is the difference between mit and mitt?
| mit | mitt | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, phrase, prefix | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative form of mito-, used before a vowel | A mitten An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt |
| Example | none recorded | Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich! |
| Forms | mits | mitts |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /mɪt/ |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words | 2.1 times per million words |
Sources: mit and mitt in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of mit and mitt
mit
- 1
datedDated form of mitt
- 2
Abbreviation of monoiodotyrosine
- 3
Initialism of market if touched
- 4
Alternative form of mito-, used before a vowel
mitt
- 1
A mitten
- 2
An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt
- 3
informalA hand
Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, mit or mitt?
mit appears 5.5 times per million words; mitt 2.1 times per million words.
mit 5.5 times per million wordsmitt 2.1 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search mit vs mitt?
“mit vs mitt” is searched about 30 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“mitt vs mit”, “mit or mitt”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.