# knit

> English word · Verb · IPA /nɪt/ · frequency rank #11,907

## Definitions
1. To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
2. To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
3. To join closely and firmly together.
4. To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
5. To grow together.
6. To combine from various elements.
7. To heal following a fracture.
8. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
9. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

## Etymology
From Middle English knytten, from Old English cnyttan (“to fasten, tie, bind, knit; add, append”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną (“to make knots, knit”).
Cognate with Low German knütten and Old Norse knýta (whence Danish knytte, Norwegian Nynorsk knyta). More at knot.

## Easily confused with
- **KT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-kt)
- **koi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-koi)
- **Kyi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-kyi)
- **kno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-kno)
- **know** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-know)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-kurt)
- **Knox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-knox)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-knot)
- **kris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-kris)
- **knob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-knob)
- **Kyiv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-kyiv)
- **knots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-knots)
- **Knott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-knott)
- **knits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-knits)
- **nit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knit-vs-nit)
- **kI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ki-vs-knit)
- **kid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kid-vs-knit)
- **Kim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kim-vs-knit)
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kit-vs-knit)
- **kai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kai-vs-knit)

## Common misspellings (6)
`kint`, `kknit`, `knitt`, `knnit`, `knti`, `nkit`

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