# Dewitt

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,201

## Definitions
1. A surname from Dutch.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

## Etymology
From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.

## Easily confused with
- **debit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-dewitt)
- **deity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deity-vs-dewitt)
- **depict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depict-vs-dewitt)
- **desist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desist-vs-dewitt)
- **Devito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devito-vs-dewitt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddewitt`, `deiwtt`, `dewit`, `dewtit`, `dewwitt`, `dweitt`, `edwitt`

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