# adapt

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈdæpt/ · frequency rank #7,309

## Definitions
1. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
2. To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
3. To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
4. To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

## Etymology
From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.

## Easily confused with
- **apt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-apt)
- **ADP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adp)
- **ASAP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-asap)
- **appt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-appt)
- **adult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adult)
- **apart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-apart)
- **admit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-admit)
- **adopt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adopt)
- **await** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-await)
- **avant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-avant)
- **adept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adept)
- **agape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-agape)
- **adapted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adapted)
- **adapter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adapter)
- **adaptor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adaptor)
- **ADA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ada-vs-adapt)
- **AAP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aap-vs-adapt)
- **Adam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-adapt)
- **Adams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adams-vs-adapt)
- **adage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adapt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aadpt`, `adappt`, `adaptt`, `adatp`, `addapt`, `adpat`, `daapt`

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