fruit
/fɹut/noun, verb
fruit is spelled F-R-U-I-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 37 times per million words in written English, the 2,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fruit means “A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fruit is fruits.
How many letters and syllables are in fruit?
| Letters | 5: F-R-U-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 37 times per million words; the 2,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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 fruit?
Fruit appears 37 times per million words in written English, the 2,618th 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 fruit?
- UK /fɹuːt/
- British /fɹʉwt/
- US /fɹut/
Fruit 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-uk-fruit.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-fruit.wav, En-us-fruit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fruit
Sounds like: froot (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fruit?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fruit from its last stressed vowel (/ut/):
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 fruit
- fruits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fruiting participle, present
- fruited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fruit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
- 2
The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
- 3
The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
- 4
Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
- 5
A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
- 6
An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
- 7
Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
fresh-squeezed fruit juice
- 8
colloquialdatedderogatoryA homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
verb
- 1
To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.
noun
- 1
Acronym of false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fruit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fruit , pédé, folle , affruiter |
| German | Frucht, Obst , fruchten |
| Portuguese | fruta, fruto |
| Spanish | fruta, fruto , maricón , dar fruta |
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 fruit come from?
From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin fruitus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), frūctus and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).