circuit
/ˈsɝ.kɪt/noun
circuit is spelled C-I-R-C-U-I-T. The wrong spelling people search most is circut: about 2,410 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Circuit is a noun meaning “The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution”. The plural of circuit is circuits.
How many letters and syllables are in circuit?
| Letters | 7: C-I-R-C-U-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, circut, about 2,410 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell circuit?
Circuit is spelled C-I-R-C-U-I-T. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for circuit in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is circuit?
Circuit appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st 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 circuit?
- UK /ˈsɜː.kɪt/
- US /ˈsɝ.kɪt/
- /ˈsɜ(ɾ).kɪʈ/
Circuit 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-circuit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of circuit
- circuits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- circuiting participle, present
- circuited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does circuit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- 2
The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
- 3
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
- 4
The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
- 5
Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
- 6
A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
- 7
The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
- 8
Abbreviation of circuit court.
- 9
The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
- 10
The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
- 11
Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
- 2
obsoleteTo travel around.
Having circuited the air.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate circuit?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of circuit: Cir., cir., circ., ckt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Circuit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Umlauf , Schaltkreis , Bezirk , Zyklus |
| Portuguese | circuito, volta , perímetro , contorno |
| French | circuit |
| Spanish | circuito , circuito (de carreras) |
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 circuit come from?
From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).