fleet
/ˈfliːt/noun, verb, adjective
fleet is spelled F-L-E-E-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Fleet, the name). As a noun, fleet means “A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fleet is fleets.
How many letters and syllables are in fleet?
| Letters | 5: F-L-E-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,076th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fleet?
Fleet appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Fleet, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fleet?
- /ˈfliːt/
- [ˈflɪi̯t]
Fleet has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fleet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fleet
- fleets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fleeting participle, present
- fleeted participle, past
- fleeter comparative
- more fleet comparative
- fleetest superlative
- most fleet superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fleet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
A fleet of warships is heading this way.
- 2
The vehicles commercially owned by a person, company or agency.
She owns a fleet of private medical transport vans.
- 3
A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; the vessels commanded by a single officer; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
We must invest in our fleet for our national security.
- 4
Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.
- 5
A large, coordinated group of people.
- 6
Any group of associated items.
- 7
ScotlandA street gang.
- 8
The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.
- 9
An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets.
- 10
A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo float.
- 2
To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- 3
To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
And so through this dark world they fleet / Divided, till in death they meet.
- 4
To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- 5
To evanesce, disappear, die out.
- 6
To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- 7
To move or change in position.
- 8
obsoleteTo shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
adjective
- 1
Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
- 2
Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate fleet?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of fleet: flt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fleet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense group of vessels or vehicles:
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 fleet come from?
From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).