# chit

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃɪt/ · frequency rank #28,490

## Definitions
1. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
2. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

## Etymology
From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”).
Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid.

## Easily confused with
- **CT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-ct)
- **ci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-ci)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cut)
- **CIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cia)
- **cis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cis)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-chu)
- **cho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cho)
- **CPI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cpi)
- **Civ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-civ)
- **CSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-csi)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cot)
- **CID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cid)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-crt)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cst)
- **CHP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-chp)
- **cit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cit)
- **CHR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-chr)
- **cig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cig)
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cri)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chit-vs-cui)

## Common misspellings (6)
`cchit`, `chhit`, `chitt`, `chti`, `ciht`, `hcit`

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