debit
deb·it/ˈdɛb.ɪt/noun, verb, adjective
debit is spelled D-E-B-I-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables (deb·it). It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, debit means “In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of debit is debits.
How many letters and syllables are in debit?
| Letters | 5: D-E-B-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: deb·it |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th 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 debit?
Debit appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 debit?
- /ˈdɛb.ɪt/
Debit has 2 syllables, split deb·it in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-debit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with debit?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as debit.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bidet.
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 debit
- debits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- debiting participle, present
- debited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does debit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account.
- 2
A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
verb
- 1
To make an entry on the debit side of an account.
- 2
To record a receivable in the bookkeeping.
We shall debit your account for the amount of the purchase.
adjective
- 1
of or relating to process of taking money from an account
- 2
of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate debit?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of debit: dr.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Debit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 debit come from?
Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).