ait
/eɪt/noun, interjection
ait is spelled A-I-T: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ait means “An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ait is aits.
How many letters and syllables are in ait?
| Letters | 3: A-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ait?
Ait appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ait?
- /eɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ait.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with ait
Also written: eight.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ait?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ait.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tai, ita.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ait
- aits plural
- eight
- eyet
- eyot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ait mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
- 2
ScotlandAn oat.
noun
- 1
Initialism of alloimmune thrombocytopenia: a too-low number of platelets in the blood, especially of a newborn or fetus, due to alloimmunity.
- 2
Initialism of allergen immunotherapy.
- 3
Initialism of auditory integration training.
- 4
Initialism of autoignition temperature.
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of aight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ait come from?
From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”). More at eyot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).