# fit

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fɪt/ · frequency rank #1,185

## Definitions
1. Suitable; proper
2. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
3. In good shape; physically well.
4. Sexually attractive; good-looking; fanciable.
5. Prepared; ready.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **FL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fl)
- **FM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fm)
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fu)
- **fo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fo)
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fs)
- **FN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fn)
- **FP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fp)
- **FW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fw)
- **fy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fy)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-for)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fun)
- **fix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fix)
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fly)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fox)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fur)
- **flu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-flu)
- **fog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fog)
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fry)
- **FLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fla)
- **FYI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fit-vs-fyi)

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