# amit

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈmɪt/ · frequency rank #28,449

## Definitions
1. To lose.

## Etymology
From Latin āmittō (“I lose, I send away”).

## Easily confused with
- **at** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-at)
- **art** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-art)
- **Amy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-amy)
- **ant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-ant)
- **amp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-amp)
- **apt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-apt)
- **API** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-api)
- **Ari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-ari)
- **att** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-att)
- **ani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-ani)
- **Avi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-avi)
- **AMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-amr)
- **amt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-amt)
- **Asi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-asi)
- **AML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-aml)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-asia)
- **aunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-aunt)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-axis)
- **avid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-avid)
- **ammo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amit-vs-ammo)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aimt`, `amitt`, `ammit`, `amti`, `mait`

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