# Kitt

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,015

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Jay County, Indiana, United States.
3. Alternative spelling of Kit (the diminutive of Christopher)

## Etymology
* As an English surname, from Kit, a pet form of Christopher; also from kit (“vessel of hooped staves”).
* As a German surname, from kit (“sprout, offshoot”), from Middle High German kīde, from Old High German *chīdi, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout, seedling”). Compare Alemannic German chiide.

## Easily confused with
- **KT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-kt)
- **kmt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-kmt)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-kurt)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-knot)
- **knit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-knit)
- **kiwi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-kiwi)
- **Kota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-kota)
- **kitty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-kitty)
- **Knott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-knott)
- **knits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-knits)
- **kitten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitt-vs-kitten)
- **kI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ki-vs-kitt)
- **kid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kid-vs-kitt)
- **Kim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kim-vs-kitt)
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kit-vs-kitt)
- **kin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kin-vs-kitt)
- **kat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kat-vs-kitt)
- **KIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kia-vs-kitt)
- **kip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kip-vs-kitt)
- **Kik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kik-vs-kitt)

## Common misspellings (3)
`iktt`, `kkitt`, `ktit`

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