# Reddit

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹɛdɪt/ · frequency rank #11,951

## Definitions
1. An American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website.

## Etymology
The website was founded on June 23, 2005, by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, and the name is a play on words of read it (with read in the past tense).

## Easily confused with
- **reit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reddit-vs-reit)
- **remit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reddit-vs-remit)
- **Reddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reddit-vs-reddy)
- **refit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reddit-vs-refit)
- **redd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-reddit)
- **reddish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reddish-vs-reddit)
- **Redding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redding-vs-reddit)

## Common misspellings (7)
`erddit`, `rdedit`, `redditt`, `reddti`, `redidt`, `redit`, `rreddit`

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