# Pitt

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /pɪt/ · frequency rank #9,938

## Definitions
1. An English topographical surname for someone who lived by, or operated a pit or mine.
2. University of Pittsburgh
3. A hamlet in Hursley parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4528).

## Easily confused with
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pt)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-put)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pot)
- **PTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pts)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pst)
- **PTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pta)
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pto)
- **pix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pix)
- **PPT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-ppt)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-post)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-port)
- **plot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-plot)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-puts)
- **poet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-poet)
- **pity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pity)
- **pots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pots)
- **punt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-punt)
- **putt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-putt)
- **plat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-plat)
- **pout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitt-vs-pout)

## Common misspellings (3)
`iptt`, `ppitt`, `ptit`

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