ith
/aɪθ/adjective, noun
ith is spelled I-T-H: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ith means “Occurring at position i in a sequence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ith?
| Letters | 3: I-T-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ith?
Ith appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 ith?
- US /aɪθ/
- US [aɪ̯θ]
As a noun (“The letter having an appearance like ⟨(⟩, which stands for…”): /ɪθ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ith.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ith?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ith from its last stressed vowel (/aɪθ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hit, iht.
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 ith
- iths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ith mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Occurring at position i in a sequence.
noun
- 1
The letter having an appearance like ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound (/θ/) in Pitman shorthand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ith come from?
From i + -th (ordinal suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).