sith
/siːθ/obsolete
sith is spelled S-I-T-H: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sith means “One of a fictional order of creatures from the Star Wars universe who represent the antithesis and ancient enemies of the Jedi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sith is siths; Wiktionary also lists Siths (rare).
How many letters and syllables are in sith?
| Letters | 4: S-I-T-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sith?
Sith appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sith?
- /siːθ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sith.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-Sith.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sith
Also written: since.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sith?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sith.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: this, hits, hist, tish.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sith
- sithe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sith mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA journey, way.
- 2
obsoleteOne's journey of life, experience, one's lot, also by extension life, lifetime.
Christ's sith of sorrow and suffering.
- 3
obsoleteAn instant in time, a point in time or an occasion.
noun
- 1
One of a fictional order of creatures from the Star Wars universe who represent the antithesis and ancient enemies of the Jedi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sith come from?
From Middle English sith (“journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion”), from Old English sīþ (“journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinþ, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to go, head”). Cognate with Faroese sinn (“time”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs, “path, movement”), Icelandic sinn (“time”). See also send.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).