mitt
/mɪt/noun
mitt is spelled M-I-T-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “mit vs mitt” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, mitt means “A mitten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mitt is mitts.
How many letters and syllables are in mitt?
| Letters | 4: M-I-T-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is mitt?
Mitt appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 mitt?
- /mɪt/
Mitt 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mitt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mitt
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: mit.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of mitt
- mitts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mitt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mitten
- 2
An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
- 3
informalA hand.
Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mitt come from?
Clipping of mitten.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).