# NEET

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈniːt/ · frequency rank #46,086

## Definitions
1. A person not in employment, education, or training.

## Etymology
Acronym of not in education, employment, or training, originally British government jargon, first attested in the late 1990s. Currently, outside of Britain is largely due to its use in Japanese — especially from anime-related culture — which spread globally online.

## Easily confused with
- **NT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nt)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-not)
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-new)
- **net** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-net)
- **nut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nut)
- **nye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nye)
- **NES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nes)
- **NYT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nyt)
- **nit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nit)
- **neg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-neg)
- **Noe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-noe)
- **ney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-ney)
- **NME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nme)
- **NEX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nex)
- **ner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-ner)
- **nep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-nep)
- **NEH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-neh)
- **neu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-neu)
- **NPT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-npt)
- **next** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neet-vs-next)

## Common misspellings (4)
`enet`, `neett`, `nete`, `nneet`

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