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ITE

/ˌaɪ tiː ˈiː/adjective, noun

ITE is spelled I-T-E: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ITE means “Initialism of in the ear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ITE?

Letters3: I-T-E
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 ITE?

ITE appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th 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 ITE?

  • /ˌaɪ tiː ˈiː/

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

Forms of ITE

  • ITEs plural

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

What does ITE mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Initialism of in the ear.

noun

  1. 1

    Initialism of information technology equipment.

  2. 2

    An in the ear hearing aid.

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

ITE in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Portuguese-ita, -ista (a follower or adherent of a specified person), -ite, -ito (used to form names of minerals and rocks)
Spanish-ita (a follower or adherent of a specified person), -ito (used to form names of minerals and rocks)
French-ite (used to form names of minerals and rocks)
German-it (used to form names of minerals and rocks)

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.

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