armpit
/ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/noun
armpit is spelled A-R-M-P-I-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, armpit means “The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of armpit is armpits.
How many letters and syllables are in armpit?
| Letters | 6: A-R-M-P-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 armpit?
Armpit appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 armpit?
- US /ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/
Armpit has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-armpit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with armpit
Also written: arm pit (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with armpit?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as armpit (/ɑɹmpɪt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: impart.
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 armpit
- armpits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does armpit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- 2
colloquialderogatorySomewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable.
the armpit of America
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Armpit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aisselle |
| German | Achselhöhle , Dreckloch |
| Portuguese | axila, sovaco |
| Spanish | axila, sobaco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does armpit come from?
From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit. (something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).