# debit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɛb.ɪt/ · frequency rank #12,573

## Definitions
1. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an 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.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **DEI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-dei)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-dit)
- **debt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-debt)
- **dent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-dent)
- **deli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-deli)
- **Desi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-desi)
- **devi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-devi)
- **deft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-deft)
- **debs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-debs)
- **debut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-debut)
- **devil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-devil)
- **debts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-debts)
- **depot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-depot)
- **digit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-digit)
- **Denis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-denis)
- **deity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-deity)
- **denim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-denim)
- **Debra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-debra)
- **Devin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-devin)
- **Delia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-delia)

## Common misspellings (7)
`dbeit`, `ddebit`, `debbit`, `debitt`, `debti`, `deibt`, `edbit`

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