# diet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdaɪət/ · frequency rank #2,622

## Definitions
1. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
2. A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
3. Any habitual intake or consumption.

## Etymology
From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).

## Easily confused with
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dt)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-due)
- **dig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dig)
- **dip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dip)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dot)
- **doe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-doe)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dye)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-diy)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dis)
- **dim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dim)
- **DIN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-din)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dre)
- **div** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-div)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dix)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dit)
- **dif** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dif)
- **DMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dmt)
- **does** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-does)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-dont)
- **drew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-drew)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ddiet`, `deit`, `diett`, `dite`, `idet`

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