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edit

/ˈɛdɪt/noun, verb

edit is spelled E-D-I-T: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, edit means “A change to the text of a document” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of edit is edits or editt..

How many letters and syllables are in edit?

Letters4: E-D-I-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing20 times per million words; the 4,302nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 edit?

Edit appears 20 times per million words in written English, the 4,302nd 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 edit?

  • UK /ˈɛdɪt/
  • US /ˈɛdɪt/
  • US [ˈɛɾɪʔ]

Edit has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-edit.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with edit?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as edit from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdɪt/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: diet, tied, tide, dite.

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 edit

  • edits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • editing participle, present
  • edited participle, past
  • editt. plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does edit mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A change to the text of a document.

  2. 2

    A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

    He has made 5780 edits on Wikipedia so far.

  3. 3

    An edited piece of media, especially video footage.

    An early edit of the film included a romantic subplot.

  4. 4

    A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music.

    a basketball edit, a Thor edit

  5. 5

    An interruption or change to an improvised scene.

  6. 6

    An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.

  7. 7

    A range of products related by theme or purpose.

verb

  1. 1

    To change a text, or a document.

    Your speech is too long. You need to edit it.

  2. 2

    To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video.

    We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes.

  3. 3

    To be the editor of a publication.

    He edits the Chronicle.

  4. 4

    To change the contents of a file, website, etc.

    Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.

  5. 5

    To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.

  6. 6

    To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage.

  7. 7

    To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.

  8. 8

    To lend itself to editing in a certain way.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Edit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmodification, correction (a change to the text of a document), modifier, corriger, rediger, éditer (to change a text, or a document)
GermanBearbeitung, Änderung (a change to the text of a document), bearbeiten, redigieren, editieren (to change a text, or a document), herausgeben (be editor of a publication)
Portugueseedição (a change to the text of a document), editar (to change a text, or a document)
Spanishedición (a change to the text of a document), editar (to change a text, or a document)

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 edit come from?

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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