# site

> English word · Noun · IPA /saɪt/ · frequency rank #613

## Definitions
1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position
2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation
3. The posture or position of a thing.
4. A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
5. A website.
6. A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
7. Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
8. A part of the body which has been operated on.

## Etymology
From Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs (“position, place, site”), from sinere (“to put, lay, set down, usually let, suffer, permit”). Doublet of sitio and situs.

## Easily confused with
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-six)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sue)
- **STD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-std)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sta)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-str)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sts)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-stu)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sti)
- **SME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sme)
- **SSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sse)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-soe)
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-smt)
- **Siu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-siu)
- **STM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-stm)
- **STP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-stp)
- **sth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sth)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sot)
- **SST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sst)
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sle)
- **some** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-some)

## Common misspellings (5)
`iste`, `siet`, `sitte`, `ssite`, `stie`

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