# dit

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪt/ · frequency rank #34,860

## Definitions
1. To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
2. To close up.

## Etymology
From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.

## Easily confused with
- **do** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-do)
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dr)
- **DJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dj)
- **DM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dm)
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-ds)
- **DL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dl)
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dt)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dp)
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dx)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dy)
- **DQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dq)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-due)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dog)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dry)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-don)
- **DNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dna)
- **doc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-doc)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dit-vs-dvd)

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