fit
/fɪt/adjective, verb, noun
fit is spelled F-I-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, fit means “Suitable; proper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fit?
| Letters | 3: F-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 89 times per million words; the 1,191st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 fit?
Fit appears 89 times per million words in written English, the 1,191st 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 fit?
- /fɪt/
Fit has one syllable (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: En-us-fit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fit?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as fit.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tif.
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 fit
- fitter comparative
- fittest superlative
- fits present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- fitting participle, present
- fitted participle, past
- 'fits plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Suitable; proper
You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit.
- 2
Adapted to a purpose or environment.
survival of the fittest
- 3
In good shape; physically well.
You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit.
- 4
UKinformalslangSexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
I think the girl working in the office is fit.
- 5
obsoletePrepared; ready.
verb
- 1
To be suitable for.
It fits the purpose.
- 2
To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
Ten clowns fit in the car, but not a hundred.
- 3
To conform to in size and shape.
The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
- 4
To be of the right size and shape
I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit.
- 5
To make conform in size and shape.
I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
- 6
To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
- 7
To be in agreement with.
These definitions fit most of the usage.
- 8
To adjust.
The regression program fit a line to the data.
- 9
To suffer a fit.
- 10
Irelanddatedsimple past and past participle of fight; fought.
c. 19th century, unknown author, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down
noun
- 1
The degree to which something fits.
This shirt is a bad fit.
- 2
Conformity of elements one to another.
It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
- 3
The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- 4
Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
- 5
Goodness of fit.
- 6
The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.
- 7
A seizure or convulsion.
My grandfather died after having a fit.
- 8
A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- 9
A sudden outburst of emotion.
He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
- 10
A sudden burst (of an activity).
- 11
slangAn outfit, a set of clothing.
How do you like the fit?
- 12
archaicA section of a poem or ballad.
Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits.
noun
- 1
Initialism of feed-in tariff.
- 2
Initialism of fully inclusive tour.
- 3
Initialism of fully independent travel.
noun
- 1
Initialism of feed-in tariff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | convenable, adapté, correct, approprié , apte , convenir |
| Portuguese | apropriado , apto , servir , em forma , gata , caber |
| Spanish | idóneo, aparejado , apolíneo, en condiciones de , caber, encajar |
| German | fit, in Form, durchtrainiert , sexy, scharf, heiß |
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 fit come from?
Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).