# shite

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃaɪt/ · frequency rank #19,459

## Definitions
1. Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense
2. A foolish or deceitful person.

## Etymology
From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.

## Easily confused with
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-sit)
- **sie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-sie)
- **side** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-side)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-shot)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-site)
- **size** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-size)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-shut)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-suit)
- **shoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-shoe)
- **sits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-sits)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-spit)
- **slit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-slit)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-sire)
- **situ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-situ)
- **skit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-skit)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-sine)
- **shiv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-shiv)
- **sith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-sith)
- **Sita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-sita)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shite-vs-state)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hsite`, `shhite`, `shiet`, `shitte`, `shtie`, `sihte`, `sshite`

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