Pita or pitta?
pita is a noun meaning “A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as…”; pitta is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of pita”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) pita is about 3.8 times as common as pitta.
What is the difference between pita and pitta?
| pita | pitta | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper The plant which yields the fiber | Any passerine belonging to the taxonomic family Pittidae The dosha composed of fire and water |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | pitas, pites pitas | pittas |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɪtə/ /ˈpiːtə/ | /ˈpɪtə/ |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words | about once in every 4 million words |
Sources: pita and pitta 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 pita and pitta
pita
- 1
A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels
- 2
A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper
- 3
Acronym of pain in the ass/arse
- 4
The plant which yields the fiber
pitta
- 1
Alternative spelling of pita
- 2
Any passerine belonging to the taxonomic family Pittidae
- 3
The dosha composed of fire and water
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, pita or pitta?
pita appears 1.0 times per million words; pitta about once in every 4 million words.
pita 1.0 times per million wordspitta about once in every 4 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).